FRISCO, Texas _ Dallas Cowboys receiver Lucky Whitehead is seemingly OK after being involved in a traffic accident early Friday morning. He was at practice with his teammates, though he seemed to be laboring.
The only injury he says he has is a little cut on his arm from deployment of the airbags. Whitehead said it's not something that will keep him out of Sunday's season opener against the New York Giants, though he acknowledges it was a frightening experience and admits he is very fortunate and lucky that it wasn't worse.
"I'm blessed, lucky to be here," Whitehead said. "It was definitely scary. Big time scary. "I'm fortunate to just have this little cut."
Whitehead posted pictures of his damaged car and the deployment of airbags on his SnapChat account. Whitehead has since deleted the photos in his SnapChat story.
Whitehead said the accident happened when he was driving home from a birthday dinner for receiver Terrance Williams about 1:30 a.m.
Police and EMS personnel were called to the scene. Whitehead declined medical attention and called his mother to come pick him up.
He said he didn't get home until after 3 a.m.
That Whitehead didn't contact coach Jason Garrett about the accident is also something he regrets about the whole situation. Garrett didn't know about the accident until he was informed by the media at his news conference Friday morning.
"I don't have any information about that," Garrett responded tersely, when asked about the accident.
Whitehead finally got a chance to talk to Garrett about it before practice.
"I was in shock. I didn't know what to do," Whitehead said. "I thought (Garrett) knew. But he said he didn't. I have to communicate that better to him so he knows."
