Prosecutor: Ruggs was driving 156 mph before fatal crash

Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs made his archetypal tribunal quality wearing a cervix brace Wednesday morning, a time aft Las Vegas constabulary accused him of driving impaired and causing a fiery clang that killed a woman.

Prosecutor Eric Bauman said Ruggs was traveling astatine 156 mph astir 2 seconds earlier the crash. He was astatine 127 mph erstwhile airbags deployed.

His humor intoxicant level was much than doubly the ineligible limit, and a loaded weapon was recovered successful the car, Bauman said.

Ruggs, 22, was booked Tuesday day astatine the Clark County Detention Center connected charges of DUI resulting successful decease and reckless driving, according to Metropolitan Police Department records.

Police said Ruggs was speeding portion driving a 2020 Chevrolet Corvette northbound connected Rainbow Boulevard conscionable earlier 3:40 a.m. Tuesday. His girlfriend, Kiara Je’nai Kilgo-Washington, who goes by the sanction Rudy Washington, was successful the car with him.

According to police, Ruggs veered into the close lane and slammed into the backmost of a 2013 Rav4, which burst into flames and trapped the operator inside.

The 23-year-old operator died astatine the scene. The Clark County coroner’s bureau was expected to merchandise her sanction erstwhile her relatives had been notified.

Both Ruggs and his woman were taken to University Medical Center with “serious” injuries, Metro said.

Soon aft the crash, Ruggs retained attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, who released the pursuing connection connected Tuesday: “On behalf of our lawsuit Henry Ruggs III we are conducting our ain probe arsenic of this penning and inquire everyone to reserve judgement until each the facts are gathered.”

Shortly earlier 9 p.m. Tuesday, the Raiders Twitter relationship posted that Ruggs had been released from the team.

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