Almost one year ago U.S Mens National Team striker Charlie Davies was severely injured in a car accident that killed a 22-year old passenger, and left Davies almost dead. Davis, 24, suffered a lacerated bladder, fractured right tibia and femur, a fractured elbow, facial injuries, and bleeding on the brain.
The accident happened on October 13 2009, one day before the team was suppose to take on Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifying game. After the game, as well as throughout the game fans held up signs with "9" on them signaling Charlie Davies number.
U.S wound up drawing 2-2 with Costa Rica but their thoughts were with Charlie throughout the match.
Just four months after the accident Davies was back to training with his club team Sochaux. However, because the team did not medically clear Davies to play, U.S coach Bob Bradley left the striker off of the World Cup team.
Now Davies, just about one year to the day after his near fatal car accident, Davies is in the news once again.
This time there is confusion about what really happened involving a report that Davies was the driver of a car going 125 MPH. Davies and club teammate Jacques Faty were clocked by police at 125 MPH last weekend in France.
Reports say that Faty switched places with Davies to make it look like the 24-year old was the driver and not Faty, who was supposedly driving with an already suspended license.
Davis told the Associated Press "That's not possible for me to go 120 mph on the road after an accident and think everything will be fine," Davies said. "If a kid survives such a serious accident and then almost exactly a year later is driving at a reckless speed, it's like, 'This can't be serious.' ... If someone has a second chance like I do, to take advantage of something like that, it's not something I could do. I learned too much from the whole experience to let something like that happen."
This is more believable from Davies, given the fact that after the severity of his accident almost one year ago it's doubtful that he'd be going even faster this time around.
No matter whether Davies was the driver or his teammate Jacques Faty, the fact that Davies was in a car going that fast after what happened to him last year it's unbelievable that he's still getting involved in it.
Everyone dreams of driving a stylish red Lamborghini at 140 but those people who actually follow through on those dreams lose more than their car. It's disappointing that Davies, at the age of 24, has already been involved in two situations like this.
Luckily for Davies the car didn't lose control and no one was hurt. The only thing they got was a speeding ticket, and for Faty if he'd been in the drivers seat he could have been jailed by French police for driving with a suspended license.
Hopefully for Davies this year was one that he can learn from, forget and not have another one like it.
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