Rex Ryan has been charged over an alleged hit-and-run in downtown Nashville, police said, after the former New York Jets and Buffalo Bills coach turned himself in on Wednesday (US time).
The Metro Nashville Police Department said Ryan, 63, surrendered for booking on six outstanding misdemeanour warrants over an incident shortly before midnight on Thursday 5 November at 4th Avenue and Broadway, in the city’s tourist district.
Police allege two pedestrians were crossing Broadway with a walk sign when a pickup truck turned right from 4th Avenue, running over both pedestrians’ feet and making contact with one person’s leg. Police said the pair suffered minor injuries.
What police allege
According to the police statement, the pedestrians said the vehicle kept going but stopped at a red light at Broadway and Representative John Lewis Way, where they waved down the driver. They told police the driver stepped out of the truck to argue with them, got back in and drove away.
The pedestrians took pictures of the truck’s licence plate, which police said was registered to Ryan, and of the driver.
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Ryan is charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident, two counts of failure to give information or render aid, and two counts of failure to obey a traffic control signal.
A judicial commissioner set his bond at US$6,000, police said. Ryan qualified for pretrial release on non-financial conditions and is scheduled to appear in court next month, the Associated Press reported.
ESPN responds
Ryan is an analyst on ESPN’s NFL pregame show. “We are aware and are in touch with Rex,” the network said in a statement, according to AP.
Ryan has not commented publicly. AP reported that online records did not identify a lawyer for him and that a message could not be left on a phone number believed to be his. The charges have not been tested in court.
Ryan led the Jets to consecutive AFC Championship Games after the 2009 and 2010 seasons and has not coached since the Bills fired him with one game left in the 2016 season, NFL.com reported. His son Seth Ryan is in his first season as the Jets’ passing game coordinator.
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