Tony Modra remains in a critical condition after what one of the first people at the scene says was a freak accident that almost killed the AFL great.
Modra suffered head injuries when a tree branch broke through the windshield of the truck he was driving near his cattle property, south of Adelaide, on Thursday.
The former Adelaide and Fremantle star was in a southern Adelaide hospital in a critical, but stable condition on Friday afternoon.
As the AFL and wider communities expressed shock at the accident involving a man described as a sporting icon, one of the first people to attend to Modra told of the accident scene.
Anthony, who did not want to give his surname to protect his anonymity, and his partner Sarah, were driving along Range Road at Back Valley, about 90km south of Adelaide, about 5.15pm (local time) on Thursday.
