Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Today in Sports History: KC Tragedy

February 8, 2000
Derrick Thomas

Derrick Thomas dies in a Miami Hospital following a January 23rd car accident.  

On his way to an airport to catch a flight from Kansas City to St. Louis to watch the NFC Championship game, Thomas was driving a vehicle that went off the road during a snowstorm.  

A passenger died at the scene, while a third person, the only person wearing a seat belt, walked away uninjured.  

Initially, Thomas was paralyzed from the chest down.  However, a blood clot developed in his lower extremities, and the cause of death was a pulmonary embolism.  

No comments: