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Henry Ruggs III is Heading to Prison
He Drunkenly Killed Tina Tintor
NFL player from the University of Alabama, where they grow future pro players like weeds. He won a National Championship while there.
Drafted number 12 in 2020. You get a nice contract if you’re picked that high.
He was doing well and in his second season. Not great, but lots of potential and a fair amount of success.
That was until Henry Ruggs III had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood in order to be able to drive. And drive, he did. His Corvette was going 120 mph when he hit a car driven by 23-year-old Tina Tintor. She and her dog Max were killed. Specifically, they burned to death.
The police had tracked Ruggs’ Corvette traveling at 156 mph shortly before the accident.
His girlfriend was in the car with him. They had a little baby at home, a daughter who was one and a half at the time.
They had non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to a hospital where Ruggs’ blood was drawn and tested for alcohol content two hours after the accident. It was at 0.161%, over twice the legal limit in Nevada.
