KC Curse?

[MagiTek]

Ex-NFL LB Simmons killed in car crash
NFL.com wire reports

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (Aug. 23, 2002) -- Former NFL linebacker Wayne Simmons, a first-round pick in 1993 who won a Super Bowl with the Green Bay Packers, was killed in a single-car wreck, police said.

Simmons' car went off Interstate 70 about 2:45 a.m., witnesses told police.

The car rolled several times and landed in the ditch, with its engine catching fire, and witnesses tried to pull out Simmons, who was alone in the car, but they could not undo the seat belt.

Firefighters arrived, put out the fire and pulled Simmons out. He was taken to Independence Regional Health Center and later pronounced dead.

Simmons' identity was confirmed by police Sgt. John Passiglia. An autopsy was planned, the medical examiner's office said.

Simmons, a 1993 first-round pick out of Clemson who won a Super Bowl ring with the 1996 Green Bay Packers, was traded to Kansas City in 1997.

Derrick Thomas, a close friend of Simmons, died in 2000 of complications after being injured in a traffic accident that left him partially paralyzed.

that sucks

 

[Captain Crunch]

The sad thing is, both of them were being totally irresponsible when they died. DT was driving at a high rate of speed for the conditions (Ice covered roads) and it was reported that he was weaving in between cars when he lost control and rolled his Suburban. Simmons was traveling well over 100mph when he lost control of his Mercedes and piled it up. He was wearing his seat belt, but the car caught on fire and they couldn't free him. They said he was dead before he burned though. I don't know if that is good thing or not, considering the situation, it probably was. If both of these guys would have been using a little more sense, they would still be alive.