Former New York Jets and Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan, an ESPN analyst, is facing misdemeanor charges in Nashville, accused of running over the feet of two pedestrians with his pickup truck.
The two pedestrians had a walk sign to cross Nashville’s Broadway when Mr. Ryan turned right just before midnight last Thursday. Mr. Ryan is alleged to have struck their feet and one of their legs, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Wednesday.
The pedestrians said that Mr. Ryan kept going but then stopped at a red light where they waved him down, and that he argued with them, got back in his truck and drove away, the police said.
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Mr. Ryan is charged with two counts each of failure to give information and render aid, failure to obey a traffic signal and leaving the scene of an accident, police said.
ESPN, where Mr. Ryan is currently employed as an analyst, told sports media news site Awful Announcing that they “are aware and are in touch with Rex.”
The former coach bonded out of jail for $6,000 Wednesday morning, according to the New York Post.
Mr. Ryan is due back in court on Dec. 18, according to Nashville court records.
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