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#4 Greg Hardy had two violent vehicular accidents
On his second year with the Carolina Panthers, Greg Hardy missed two weeks of training camp owing to a motorcycle accident that was, in Greg Hardy’s own words, a near-death experience. The left side of his body was badly skinned and injured as he crashed his 2008 Kawasaki Ninja motorbike on the back of a car while driving on a wet Interstate-40 outside of Knoxville.
Greg Hardy was treated for abrasions on his left arm and foot at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Authorities said that no alcohol was involved in the accident, but Hardy was driving without a license. He was charged with three other violations – failure to exercise control, failure to yield, and following too closely.
Before being taken to the hospital and treated for his injuries, Hardy thought he was soon going to breathe his last.
“I thought I was going to be dead. But I got to the hospital, took some X-rays and they said I was good.”
Hardy was reportedly wearing a helmet on the ride, but it split open when he hit the asphalt.
However, this was not the first time Hardy was involved in a car crash. In 2009, he was involved in a car accident along with his then-teammate Dexter McCluster. The accident aggravated an already existing foot injury he had in his right leg.
Greg Hardy suffered a broken bone in his right foot the year before and underwent surgery, for which he missed three junior year games but still managed to record 18 tackles and 8.5 sacks. Few months before the car accident in June next year, Hardy underwent a second surgery for the injury during the off-season.
