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Jags RB addresses how car ended up in pond
- Updated: July 28, 2016
3:52 PM ET
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars running back Denard Robinson said his car ended up in a retention pond after a one-car accident earlier this month because he fell asleep while at a stoplight.
Robinson emphasized that he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the early-morning accident on July 3.
“If that was the case, I would have had a DUI,” Robinson said in his first public comments since the accident.
Jaguars running back Denard Robinson addressed the media Thursday for the first time since his single-car accident in early July resulted in his vehicle crashing into a retention pond. Melina Vastola/USA TODAY Sports
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office report, Robinson’s Chevy Impala slowly drove through an intersection on the wrong side of the road and ended up in a retention pond shortly after 4 a.m. July 3.
Robinson was found asleep at the wheel of his car while it was slowly sinking into the pond. The 25-year-old Robinson and his passenger, 29-year-old Marissa O. Staples, were unhurt. However, police …
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