According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was involved in a fatal DUI crash while driving a 2020 Chevy C8 Corvette early Tuesday morning on November 2nd at approximately 3:39 a.m.
“[In Las Vegas] a 2013 Toyota RAV4 was traveling northbound on S. Rainbow Boulevard, south of Spring Valley Parkway, in the right-most travel lane of three northbound lanes,” according to the police department’s press release. “A 2020 Chevrolet Corvette was traveling northbound on S. Rainbow Boulevard, south of Spring Valley Parkway, in the center travel lane of three northbound lanes at a high rate of speed. The Chevrolet veered right and entered the right-most travel lane, which the Toyota occupied.
Henry Ruggs III is making his initial appearance in court today. He was wheeled in. He is facing a charge of DUI resulting in death @News3LV pic.twitter.com/idFP2HWmVi
— Kyle Wilcox (@KyleNews3LV) November 3, 2021
“The front of the Chevrolet struck the rear of the Toyota. The Toyota came to final rest and caught on fire with the driver trapped in the driver’s seat. Clark County Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished the fire. Despite their efforts to save the driver, she was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
“The driver and passenger of the Chevrolet were transported to University Medical Center Trauma to treat their injuries. The driver of the Chevrolet showed signs of impairment and was booked in absentia at UMC Trauma.”
The women who died was Tina Tintor, 23 years old. Her dog was also killed in the crash.
The passenger with the Ruggs was his girlfriend Kiara Je’na Kilgo-Washington (AKA Rudy Washington) with whom he has a daughter.
Both are 22 years old, with injuries listed as “serious.”
Rainbow is still closed in both directions while fatal investigators get a better look with daylight. Waiting for @LVMPD to release info on injuries or fatalities. @8NewsNow https://t.co/cS6w8Rrvb5 pic.twitter.com/SsO85v66VM
— Hector Mejia (@hectormejianews) November 2, 2021
However, Ruggs was released from the hospital and booked Tuesday afternoon at the Clark County Detention Center on charges of DUI resulting in death and reckless driving, according to Metropolitan Police Department records.
At 9:51 p.m. the Raiders released Ruggs.
On Wednesday morning, the now-former NFL wide receiver made his initial court appearance this morning wearing a neck brace.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Chief Deputy District Attorney Eric Bauman said that Ruggs was traveling at 156 mph about two seconds before the crash, and at 127 mph when the airbags deployed.
“I cannot recall a speed that high in my career on the bench,” added Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure.
The judge then ordered a $150,000 bail for Ruggs along with the highest level of electronic monitoring if he is released. Prosecutors requested a $1 million bail.
Bauman said Ruggs’ blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit, and a loaded gun was found in the car. The legal limit for drivers in Nevada is 0.08 percent. FOX5 KVVU-TV Las Vegas later reported that Ruggs’ blood alcohol level was 0.161 and that the defense successfully argued down bail to $150,000.
Get more details of the Ruggs story, photos of the crash, and C8 Corvette at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Chevy lists the top speed of the 2020 C8 Corvette Stingray, without the Z51 Performance Package, at 194 mph. Adding the package actually decreases the top speed to 184 mph – a 10-mph difference.
Ruggs’ 2020 Chevy C8 Corvette Stingray coupe involved in the crash was highly customized by Dreamworks Motorsports. According to its website, Ruggs nicknamed the car #LIZZY.
As a wide receiver who played for Alabama and won a national championship in 2017 and SEC championship in 2018, Ruggs was the fastest player at the 2020 NFL combine, and subsequently selected by the Raiders in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, No. 12 overall. While with the Raiders this season, he had 24 catches for 469 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 19.5 yards per catch, which is second in the NFL among pass-catchers with at least 20 receptions.
Over five years ago, Ruggs lost his childhood friend, Rod Scott, in a car accident in March 2016 on the way to attend a state playoff basketball game in Birmingham, Alabama. Ruggs pays tribute to him by putting up three fingers to the sky after big plays since Scott wore No. 3.
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Yup he got let go yesterday
Any one of us would have not received bail. But, as a member of a protected class (pro athlete), he got out for a token bail.
Lol of course celebrity privilege.
Very sad, especially for the young innocent girl and her pet dog.
More $$$ than sense.
This is comically false.
Apparently andy does not live in California
Andy lives under a rock
How do you make this about politics?!? F**king moron. People f**king DIED in this accident, because an IGNORANT A**HOLE who thought LAWS DON’T APPLY TO HIM.
Terrible loss for all involved.
Poor lady. Just driving her car with her dog and some ignorant millionaire fool driving a car he probably shouldn’t own, driving drunk slams into her killing her. I know I couldn’t handle a car like that at 22. I had my hands full with a 69 El Camino with 350hp.To add insult to the family, he is released on $150,000 bail. I hope they throw the book at him and I hope the family of the deceased sues the sh!t out of him.
Must be another liberal judge-150,000 bail??????????🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
I hate to tell you guys this but this is a situation where it doesn’t matter if it’s a Republican or Democrat city or state. Fact is money talks when it comes down to crime and the court system and regardless of which party runs the show if you got it like that you have nothing to worry about.
What a horrible way to die.
stupid SOB when you could easily order a limo home
Drunks don’t make good decisions.
If I was her husband, the Corvette driver’s family would be planning his final arrangements. At the risk of sounding insensitive, the fact that the occupants of the C8 survived the crash is quite a testament to the safety of the vehicle.
I don’t know about the safety of the Vette, but it always seems like the drunks live and the innocent die in these horrific events.
That’s because when you are drunk your body does not tense up during the crash. So you are relaxed compared to tensing up like the sober person.
He truly is a crash test dummy.
Yup. It’s crazy isn’t it how that usually works. Some would argue the drunk person is left alive to have to think about killing the person the rest of his or her life but it just seems so unfair.
I have zero tolerance for drunk drivers… I hope he gets a multi-decade sentence for this crime. And per the article, it doesn’t sound like the poor woman died in the crash, but rather was burned alive. What a horrible way to go, trapped and on fire.
I am amazed that the C8 saved the two lives after a 127 mph impact. That says a lot about Chevy’s engineering capability. That would have been fatal in prior versions.
No it would not. My C-7 is just as safe.
You really need to consider what vehicle the idiot hit, I know his C8 even a C7 wouldn’t make it hitting anything bigger/heavier, probably wouldn’t live thru it.
Considering the impact, the Corvette held up really good. 120+mph crash and both walked away.
Agree that this guy is an idiot, though.
Obviously the car was racist. Definitely not his fault, and Chevy should pay him.
My Sarcastic Comment: NHTSA or who ever controls highway vehicle safety will mandate that all vehicles now be limited to
maximum highway speed and have nanny-bots installed to prevent stupidity and arrogance. And responsible performance car owners will be punished.
I am so sad to see some comments try to make this a political thing, you are being controlled by the entire system.
The entire political system is against you, not just one political party.
The 2020 Corvette has the ability to set a maximum allowed speed. Mine is set to 85mph so you can pass a car.
Some people have suggested I set the maximum to 65 to meet max highway speed.
But when the owner is basically a child, and no one can tell him what to do, you cannot enforce using the speed limiter.
For those of you that have this feature, be sure to use it when you let your loved ones take your new car for a drive.
About the max speed limiter, I didn’t even know they existed, until I went to a tuner shop, to get my cylinder delete, turned off. I got a “street tune” they call it, & transmission shift was part of it. They ask me if I wanted the speed limiter turned off? My 6.2 gasser, stock, is More than enough power, even for towing! I’d love to hit top speed with it, but nowhere safe around me, to try it. Question is, Why are the manufactures, turning out 5-6-7 + HP engines, & top speeds of 200? And Why are the Feds allowing it? No one needs that, on the street!
I haven’t found that setting/feature on my 2021 C8, there is only a alert if you exceed that max speed setting you made, otherwise you can still go as fast as you can, with the max speed alert showing.
People have been complaining there is no max speed for valet, kids driving, this is something they would like to see, but doesn’t exist.
rvdano: set you spare key in the second cup holder to do the programming. it is tied to the key. then in settings you set a passcode, and choose max speed. the warning is separate. you can set a max speed. this is tied to the key. which is different than valet mode, which also has features. the owners manual dies have it, but hard to find inside the 380 pages.
Ya, I found this on page 160, I’ll check it out next time I go for a drive.
I’ve owned mine since new for 7 months with a whopping 900 miles on it.
Thx
rvdano: You need to get out and stretch the legs on that Corvette, and enjoy the ride. I just left SEMA in Sin City driving East headed to Durango, Colorado. Beautiful 450 mile ride on Highways 89 and 89A, in Southern Utah through Fred Flintstone Country. Now at Fredonia headed to Page, Arizona.
Loosen up the engine on that Vette. It will perform better.
I agree about stretching the legs and let that car run. I am 6,000 miles, and at 5,000 it really
started to wake up. Sounds like you were out near the Ron Fellow owners school, where I found the longest straightest, emptiest roads ever seen. Good fun.
You probably already know this, on the TEEN Mode the max speed is already set where you can NOT adjust it up or down. The teen Speed warning is the only speed warning option you’ll have from something like 40-70 which will NOT alter the max speed, only a warning.
“Crying for lost loved ones” previous poster mentioned it could be changed, his is at 85 which is set in stone on the teen mode.
I don’t know where some people suggested 65, from what I’ve found this is not possible.
If it is possible then PLEASE shed some light on this.
Sending prayers to the young woman and her family, also praying for the young man that he has guidance on his long road ahead. Such a sad story not only did the young woman die but also her dog I don’t know about anyone else on here but my dog is a member of my family I would cry my eyes out if anything happened to him. Hope everyone in this situation can somehow find peace.
God isn’t real. And it’s just a dog no need to cry just go buy another one.
You obviously don’t and never have owned a dog so I’ll leave it at that. Maybe god isn’t real but that doesn’t sway my beliefs I choose to believe and that is all that matters, you don’t and that is fine to that is your right just like it’s mine to believe I respect your opinion so respect mine.
Hey Useless, we hope a pitbull tears you limb from limb and you wake up in a very hot place.
So I should be attacked by a dog and burn in hell because Pete made a silly comment about some big man upstairs who isn’t real and then said that his dog which is an animal who belongs outside is a member of his family? Yea ok.
Hey, Ulysses! No, you should not be attacked by a dog. But that depends a lot on yourself, how you deal with a foreign dog. But even more on how the owner of the dog treats his or her dog. I always say, that if a dog is problematic, the problem has its origin at the upper end of the leash — but also the solution. In this respect I learned a lot from Cesar Millan, the so called Dog Whisperer and his TV show (should still be available on DVD).
One of the worst things we can do to a dog, is to treat the dog as if it were a human. A dog might be “human’s best friend”, but it is a dog, not a human being. A dog wants its human to be the pack leader, to take decisions, to be responsible. Many many people don’t follow this rule, and get into problems with their dogs. BTW, most dog bites come from dogs biting their own masters, not foreigners.
I am convinced that dog is the first animal which we humans have domesticated.
I interact with dogs on the basis of trust for trust, resulting in mutual trust. I don’t touch a foreign dog before the dog had the chance to sniff me out and identify me. Dogs like me, and I like them.
I have a number of relatives who are farmers, and they mostly tell me that “animals belong in barn and stable, but not in the house”, even if they themselves keep dogs. I respect that.
But for my apartment this rule does not apply, without me mistreating dogs as human beings.
Here is a hint how you can surprise your dog keeping friends: show their dog your raised hand with the index finger stretched out, and let them be surprised that their dog will sit down.
Yes useless, yes you should.
My dog was a very lovely and intelligent personality.
Not a thing. But a living being.
A HOOOOOOLE
These C8s are accident magnets
Bull….it’s the driver, not the vehicle. Just like it’s the shooter not the gun. Vehicles, guns, are tangible inanimate objects. It’s the stupid users who do not know how to operate them. Both can kill when misused, just like prescription drugs as an example.
More like “Douchebag” magnets ROFLMAO!!!! Seriously, anyone who owns a Corvette period is desperate for attention, they didn’t get it as a kid. So now that they are rich they think “Hey, I would look sooo cool in this lame ass chevy corvette! It’s sad really, most of these dbags can’t even handle a car like that, yet they got money so sell them a death trap!!!
Look at you. Three years of subscription to Psychology Ptoday and you know what people are thinking.
The angry, jealous thoughts of a small, unimportant, broken little man.
Must be envious, I’ve always wanted one since the mid 60’s (age 69 now) was able to always afford one but put my money in my drag car. So yes I can handle the power but it was only when they came out with this mid-engine, I couldn’t get to the dealership fast enough to finally order and get one 2021 C8 2LT loaded.
And YES, I feel dam good when I’m out driving mine watching people like you driving around in their smart car.
But they’re only a death trap if people like you with the mind-set you are at.
There now has been 2 people thinking these Corvettes are out of reach very expensive price for the majority of the people.
My 2021 Vette MSRP was close to the same as our 2007 GMC Yukon Denali back in 2007.
Yes, they might be a little costly for people working at a GoodWill.
C8s, while a stunning value, are most definitely priced out of reach of ordinary people as are Yukon Denalis and all of the new electric vehicles catered exclusively to the upper crust that are receiving endless publicity lately. GM and similar companies are abandoning average Americans because there really isn’t any profit in Cruzes and the like. The downwardly mobile American middle class is no longer worth gm’s investment and time.
While gm has made a reputation of late broadcasting its wokeness from the highest mountaintop, it’s plain to see all that mumbo-jumbo is merely to appease the far-left elite totalitarian “influencers” presently dictating how Americans should think and behave – and what we should be prepared to settle for.
Tone deafness goes unnoticed in a tone deaf society. Trump up Green and Equity at every opportunity while selling $70+K gas guzzling SUVs to planet hugging leftists blowing smoke about white privilege. That’s the hallmark of today’s gm. It’s all fine for those who can stomach partaking in this hypocrisy orgy, but there isn’t a darned thing “equitable” bout Mary Barra’s virtuous car company – unless maybe you’ve landed a contract with the NFL or a large following on YouTube – or you’re living in South America or China where gm’s focus remains selling transportation freedom to everyone – a car for every purse and purpose.
Which includes those apparent dregs of society eking out a living working at GoodWill.
not really…. a Corvette costs $70,000. People who are Corvette fans are people who love sports cars. People who are trying to show off and get attention would be buying much more expensive cars than a Corvette. Rich people don’t buy $70,000 Corvettes, they buy $400,000 Ferraris.
Just because an idiot did something stupid like this story, don’t give Corvette’s a bad name. I’ve seen more “douchebags” driving Mercedez Benz than Corvettes.
Not true, if they’re level headed.
If there’re idiots with no common sense then maybe.
So sad, it just doesn’t make sense to pay a young person that kind of money without some kind of counseling to help them with the responsibilities that comes with the sudden wealth. This isn’t the first time and sadly it won’t be the last. Hell the Raiders should have a clause that says you can’t own a car and must take a chauffer driven limo everywhere you go…something like that.
My 5 year old Prius has a collision avoidance, it puts on the brakes, and warns when too close, and compensates for speed.
The new 2021 Corvette has nothing for forward looking radar, I was disappointed that my new Vette cannot
follow cars on the highway in cruise-control using radar. Chevy seems to be about 6 to 10 years behind others on these features. Map and navigation systems are always so far behind. Just my 2 cents. Being responsible is always job 1.
But seeing these advanced features in a Tesla and a Toyota, makes me think the Corvette could have it too.
What ever happened to the sport, pleasure and thinking of skilled driving? Do you need an electronic assist on everything?
If you have a 2LT-3LT it comes standard with warnings side and rear when backing, front and rear cameras and the ability to record yours or anyone driving the car 100% of the time.
forward looking radar PLEASE its a super car designed for real people that can handle a vehicle of this stature with sense not a stupid over paid asshole. who sold it to him? if i was her family they be on my lawyers list to.
performance and safety? you can have both. these are still cars we want to drive every day in the real world, safely. and have spirited intervals when appropriate.
do you think a fighter jet does not have auto pilot ?
stop paying these guys outrageous salaries and they would not be able to afford these high powered cars.
The reason people love Corvettes is because they are so affordable. A Corvette costs $70,000. Any average joe can save up to buy a Corvette, thats the point of these cars.
This story is about ONE person’s stupidity. Please don’t put this on the Corvette’s name.
They’d just do other stupid things.
Sadly it is not just rich anymore. I see in the local crime report that the nail people for DUI. Give them a ticket and have someone else drive them home. They no longer let the sober up in jail over night.
This include people with drugs.
It is not the money that makes people do stupid things poor people do the same things too.
Time to stop worrying about how much some one else has and start working on making your own way. If they made it legal more power to em.
Self-absorbed idiot. Hope the family of the victim fleeces the NFL thanks to the TRUE PRIVILEGE bestowed upon these moron football hero “influencers”. What a twisted, f€cked up joke everything’s become.
The NFL is not responsible for idiots off the field, or in control of what they buy and drive with the money fans gladly put out to watch them play.
GM now has the “true” C8 crash data – but the customization done to it should be used in the “Terminator” sequal!
Two words: Personal Responsibility
That’s it
Enjoy being some big, dumb homicidal maniac nobody’s booty boy in prison, broccoli head. Exclamated with the villainous laugh sampled directly from Gorillaz Feel Good, Inc.