The former NFL reporter helped out after a major car accident
It’s hard to imagine a crazier week than that one Diana Russini have had.
Russini broke the sports internet when suggestive photos surfaced of her and New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel at a luxury hotel in Sedona, Arizona. These photos set off a firestorm of speculation, questions and outright questions about journalistic objectivity given her role in Athletics.
After initially supporting her, Athletics announced that they would investigate Russini’s conduct. Shortly after this announcement, Russini resigned while rejecting the “narrative” she said had been “constructed” around the incident.
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All this already represented a crazy whirlwind that undoubtedly changed her life permanently. But that’s not the only wild thing that happens NFL reporter this week.
ESPN reporter Dianna Russini in 2018. (Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Dianna Russini allegedly helped save man, dog from car wreck
The New York Post Page six reported Friday night that Russini “performed a daring rescue of an elderly man and his dog from an overturned Jeep.”
The accident took place around 17 Wednesday, then, according to local New Jersey store Patcha 17-year-old in a Honda Civic collided with a Jeep on a curve, flipping the SUV onto its side. In a sign of the severity of the accident, the Jeep’s position reportedly trapped the 73-year-old man and his dog inside.
Page Six spoke to an eyewitness who said Russini “was driving the same way as the Jeep and the accident happened right in front of her car.”
“She ran out and had a tall man put her on top of the jeep to open the door and she and the other guy pulled the driver and his dog out of the jeep,” the eyewitness said. The local police arrived soon after.
Russini has yet to speak about the crash, but it adds to what has been one of the wildest weeks in recent memory.
