Carolina Panthers QB Andy Dalton involved in car crash

Carolina Panthers starting backmost Andy Dalton was progressive successful a car crash Tuesday day successful Charlotte, the squad said.

Dalton, his woman Jordan and their 3 children were each successful the car astatine the time. They were not hospitalized oregon treated by exigency aesculapian responders, according to the Panthers.

The Daltons were traveling westbound connected Sardis Road successful southeast Charlotte and approaching Providence Road, authorities said. No further details of the clang were released, including whether different car was progressive oregon if anyone other suffered injuries.

Dalton was evaluated by the Panthers’ aesculapian unit afterward, the squad said. The backmost was spotted astatine Carolina’s signifier facility connected Wednesday greeting up of practice, The Athletic reported.

Andy Dalton of the Carolina Panthers passes the shot against the Cincinnati Bengals during the 3rd 4th astatine Bank of America Stadium connected September 29, 2024 successful Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

The 36-year-old Dalton — who has besides played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints — has started 5 games this twelvemonth for the Panthers, taking implicit for second-year backmost Bryce Young successful Week 3. Dalton led the squad to its lone win; the Panthers presently beryllium successful past spot successful the NFC South with a 1-6 record.

Dalton is not the archetypal Panthers starting QB to beryllium progressive successful a car crash, though the erstwhile incidental was much serious. In 2014, Carolina prima Cam Newton was hospitalized aft a wreck successful Charlotte.

Newton suffered 2 fractures successful his little backmost successful the incidental and missed the team’s adjacent game but returned for the last 2 games of the season. The pursuing year, helium won NFL MVP and led the Panthers to their 2nd Super Bowl appearance.

“Somebody is expected to beryllium dead,” Newton said aft the wreck. “It’s large to locomotion distant from thing similar that.”

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Originally Published: October 23, 2024 astatine 1:15 p.m.