- Former NFL receiver faces possibility of long jail sentence
- Team released player hours after crash on Tuesday morning
Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was driving at more than 150 mph with a blood-alcohol content twice Nevada’s legal limit before his sports car slammed into the rear of a vehicle, killing a 23-year-old woman, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
The Raiders released Ruggs late on Tuesday, just hours after the crash, his hospitalization and his booking into a Las Vegas jail. He had his initial court appearance on Wednesday on felony charges of driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in death and reckless driving that could get him up to 26 years in state prison if he is convicted.
