PITTSBURGH — A recording obtained by a reporter in Miami sheds more information on the death of Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins earlier this month in South Florida.
In a 911 call from Kalabrya Haskins, Dwayne's wife, she tells the operator that her husband was stuck on the side of a highway and had to walk to get gas. Kalabrya goes on to say that she's at home in Pittsburgh but that Dwayne called her on his way back to let her know that he was stranded and would call back once he put gas in the car.
Eventually, Dwayne's phone was no longer working, which prompted Kalabrya to call 911 and provide his location.
"I just want somebody to go to the area to see if his car's there, see if he's OK, if anything happened to him. ... That's just not like him to not call me back and for his phone to go dead. He was stranded by himself. He was walking, though," Kalabrya says in the recording.
The operator responds that there was a report of an incident on that highway but that she couldn't confirm an identity and tells Kalabrya to not panic.
Another bit of leaked audio is of a frantic witness who also called 911 to describe the scene.
"There was a man hit in front of me. I was traveling on the road, and I saw a dump truck," a woman says before the call cuts off.
Dwayne Haskins was 24 and in Boca Raton the weekend of April 8 to train with Steelers teammates, a workout organized by new Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Haskins was walking on a "limited access facility for unknown reasons" at 6:37 a.m. and attempted to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 595 when he was struck. Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene. The agency said it opened a traffic homicide investigation, but has yet to disclose further details.
The recording of the calls was released on Twitter by South Florida personality Andy Slater on Wednesday.
A celebration of Haskins' life is scheduled for 9-11 a.m. Friday at Allegheny Center Alliance Church on the North Side, followed by a full service from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friends, family, coaches and teammates are expected to attend, according to Kalabrya Haskins.
