Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was put on a stretcher and taken to the hospital on Tuesday after being injured in a car accident in Charlotte on Tuesday, according to the Charlotte Observer.

The extent of his injuries are not yet known, nor is it known whether he was taken the hospital for precautionary measures.

The two-car accident occurred in Uptown Charlotte near Bank of America Stadium.

According to reports, the other driver involved in the accident ran a red light and struck Newton's truck, causing it to flip several times.

The Panthers have not yet released an official statement.


Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday, Charlotte Observer reports | NOLA.com

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

He's probably faking it.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

I could make a "Superman can't get hurt" joke here, but, I will just wish him well. Truly hate to see this happen to anyone.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

He's been in an accident all season called the NFC South.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Hope he's good. Football is one thing , life is another. As much as yall gripe about class I've found none on this post from us " classy " saints fans.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

It was reported he was not hurt.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Panthers say he has 2 transverse fractures. They said it was basically the same injury that Romo had.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

People were tweeting that he appeared fine within minutes after it was first reported. Under the circumstances, I find it near impossible to find any compassion for the guy that exudes classlessness with his unrelenting taunting.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Two fractures of spine found after xrays. Will be in brace for weeks.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

KARMA

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

If he had a laptop or tablet in there I hope it flew out the window and was destroyed. That would be Karma at its finest.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Well, this is good news, not for any other reason than I don't like him


I had to go back and edit, I had no idea he got hurt. I thought he was okay. Well I don't really want the guy hurt.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

I heard the driver of the truck that hit him is a Saints fan who is part of a bounty program...

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Get well Soon Cam.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

I despise the guy just like the rest of us. But this goes beyond football. Saw pictures of the truck on the news. The top of the cab was almost level with the body. He could have easily been killed. When he's back on the field playing I'll start despising again.

Attachment 10176

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

I thought it was his O-Line that would almost get him killed this season. In all seriousness though I'm glad he's gonna be ok.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Hate that it happened, glad he wasn't seriously hurt, wish it had happened a week ago if it had to happen.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Glad he's okay. Good guy.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

WHAT WHAT WHAT!


Agree with the first part

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

He's a good dude. I've got a friend out in Atlanta where Cam is from. He'd just stop by at the little league football games just to talk to the kids and sign autographs. Nobody had to ask him. He just does it. Showboating on the field isn't indicative of being a bad guy.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

I agree on showboating.

I obviously do not know the man so calm only go by the persona you see in the press etc.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

I understand. I just don't understand why he's so disliked. RG3 gets the same treatment. They aren't catching rape charges like Big Ben or murder cases like Hernandez.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

A mixture of reasons i guess. Middle classes don't want to be seen to like things regarded as classless etc, team bias and dare I bring up race. My love of boxing predates my massive interest of the NFL by over a decade and I love reading and watching old fights and it was the same in boxing. A black fighter like Floyd Patterson or Joe Louis was loved were as a outgoing ,flamboyant Ali or Jack Johnson was despised by the masses.
There is also what people see, I rarely meet athletes so my access to them is on TV etc and Newton doesn't come across well,same as reading his history of off field issues in college.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

A franchise QB driving a 1998 pickup truck? sounds more like Juice Newton, not Cam Newton

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

True. Very true.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Showing up for promo events doesn't make you a good guy.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

I am not going to say I am glad the guy had an accident. That is not cool.
It is good he was not seriously hurt.
This is the very end of the season so he should sit out with those injuries.

I do not like him very much because he is a lil' crybaby.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

It wasn't a promo event. He just randomly showed up at a pop warner game because he was passing by and saw them playing. Although you're right, it doesn't mean he's a good guy. But I'd take that as an indication of his character way before I judge him for showboating.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

"I believe that a person should not be thought of as a bad person because of some senseless mistake that they made, " said Newton.

Grand theft, burglary, and obstructing justice are not a "mistake", they are serious crimes. He paid his debt to society but no way I would ever consider him a good person, reformed maybe but not good. A good person would never even consider committing those crimes.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

I've got to disagree, because everybody has a vice or bad moments in life. If the judgement is this harsh then there are no good people in this world. I don't have a criminal record, but I've done bad things. That goes for most people.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

It's unfortunate but he will always be a former criminal. There is no way around it. He'll never have to worry about obtaining a secret clearance or being trusted beyond playing a game but if he ever tried to go that route he would be rejected. In those terms he is a bad candidate. Being reformed with a good track record will also not change it.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

A man always has the capacity to change and should be given every chance to do so.

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Well said. Its called growing up.

I've done terrible things myself, but I've been forgiven and have learned from those mistakes and its made me a much better person today than I was 30 years ago.

I'm not convinced that Cam Newton has learned from his though. He still seems quite immature and self-centered. I don't think he's grown up one bit.

I could be wrong, but seldom am.:p

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Ditto!

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

But will he play again this year?

Re: Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton injured in car accident Tuesday
 

Cam Newton: 'soMEone is supposed to be dead or severly injured'

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...183948214.html


No.

I object.

As a former General Motors noise-vibration-safety & crash engineer, I strenuously object.

Looking at that vehicle, albeit a Dodge, it did exactly what it was designed to do in such a situation ... collapse around the cab and maintain a crush-free environment for driver & passengers. The National Transportation Safety Board requires a minimum 13 designated crash tests be performed on vehicles prior to being made available to the public, one being a 'roll-over' test. (GM conducts over 30, maybe consider that on your next purchase). There is room to live in those vehicles and as long as he was properly seat-belted in, he probably had more chance of being killed on the field than in a roll-over, just sayin', :neutral:. Maybe don't put a lift-kit on the next one, eh?

But Cam probably doesn't know that, :shrug: ... just "Cam being Cam", I guess. Maybe he could send some Subway coupons to the Safety & Crash guys out at the Dodge Truck Plant in Warren, MI or wherever they got that group now, :).

You were in a low-speed rollover Cam, nothing 'life-threatening' going on here ... don't make it out to be more than it actually was, :rolleyes: ... god-speed getting well ... after Wk #17, ;).

http://cdn.worldtechtoday.com/wp-con...car-crashs.jpg