Newly released video footage shows the aftermath of former Raiders player, Henry Ruggs’ DUI crash that left 23-year-old Tina Tintor dead after her car became engulfed in flames.
As officers arrived to the scene, Tintor’s car was on fire, and Ruggs’ was totaled.A man walked up to the officers and said, “I know somebody’s probably in there,” referring to Tintor’s burning vehicle, “But this is Henry Ruggs right here.” An officer told the man to calm down, but he continued to explain what happened. “He plays for the Raiders. He needs help ASAP,” the man said.
Ruggs was seen on footage standing outside of his car when all of this was going down. You can also hear explosions from the victim’s car in the video. Once the investigation took place, police revealed that Ruggs was driving 156 miles per hour seconds before the collision. As we previously reported, Ruggs was drinking at Top Golf before the deadly crash.
In more recent news, we also shared that Ruggs has pleaded guilty to the charges. He reportedly accepted a plea deal in a Las Vegas courtroom and pleaded guilty to felony DUI resulting in death and a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter. Under the deal, he faces a minimum of three years in prison and a maximum of ten years.
“This resolution is conditioned upon the court accepting the stipulations of the parties,” defense attorney David Chesnoff said during the hearing, via the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “In the event that the court does not accept the stipulations, Mr. Ruggs will be permitted to withdraw his guilty plea, proceed to trial and litigate all issues.”
Following the fatal crash Raiders organization made a tweet surrounding the news saying, “The Raiders are aware of an accident involving Henry Ruggs III that occurred this morning in Las Vegas,” the Raiders said in a statement obtained by ESPN. “We are devastated by the loss of life and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim’s family. We are in the process of gathering information and will have no further comment at this time.”
Ruggs also made headlines last year when he missed his mandatory drug test and was ordered to wear an ankle monitor to calculate his alcohol levels. A representative of the corporation in charge of the Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring device, or SCRAM, Baucum said it seemed that Ruggs’ missed test was due to a miscommunication.
“As everybody knows this is a high-profile case, but you have to be treated the same as any other defendant, as any other person that appears before the court,” Baucum shared.