SAN DIEGO — Blake Snell had not yet put his Mercedes-Benz sedan in park late Thursday night after pulling over for an alleged speeding violation on Interstate 5 near Carmel Valley Road.
It's one of many reasons Snell considered himself lucky as he and his 22-year-old brother, seated next to him in the passenger seat, walked away without significant injuries after the car was sideswiped by a suspected drunken driver at a high speed just before 11 p.m.
"They said it was 75 mph and like veered into me," the Padres' left-hander said late Friday night after a 6-3 loss to the Nationals. "I didn't park the car. My foot was on the brake. We were hit, we rolled forward and then the car automatically just broke and the other car went two lanes over.
