Shocking new footage shows former NFL star Henry Ruggs III's crash with another man pleading with police to help the former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver.
Footage from a police officer's body camera captures the incident in Las Vegas on November 2021 and shows a man desperately asking police to help Ruggs after the tragic crash. Ruggs had been driving at 156 miles per hour while heavily intoxicated, with his blood-alcohol level of 0.16 per cent. Which is twice the legal limit in the state of Nevada.
Ruggs slammed on his breaks on his Chevrolet Corvette but his vehicle would plough through the back of an SUV - killing the driver, Tina Tintor, and her dog in the vehicle. The new footage shows a man at the scene of the crash pleading with an officer who looks to have just arrived.
Posted on TMZ, the man says: "I know somebody probably in there. But this is Henry Ruggs right here. This is Henry Ruggs right here. He plays for the Raiders. He needs help ASAP."
The officer attempts to calm the man down, before he continues by saying: "Hey, look, he plays for the Raiders. He needs help ASAP, bro," the man pleaded.
Ruggs' vehicle can be seen in the video, with an Alabama Crimson Tide license plate, while Tintor's vehicle is seen burning - with the Clark County Coroner determining that Tintor and her dog tragically burned to death.
Tintor had been just a matter of blocks from her home when the crash happened, as her vehicle slid more than 570 feet after the impact. Ruggs had been travelling with his girlfriend, Rudy Washington, who suffered a severe arm injury, while Ruggs suffered minor injuries.
Last week, Ruggs pled guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, causing death, a felony, and a misdemeanour vehicular manslaughter charge. He is expected to be sentenced to between three and 10 years in state prison under terms of his plea deal with prosecutors on August 9.
A former college football superstar, Ruggs was selected 12th overall 2020 NFL Draft, and had recently purchased a house near the scene of the crash for £1.1 million.
