DB Austin Jensen released from hospital
Going home
FAU DB Austin Jensen has been released and is heading home after being injured in car accident on Feb. 13.
Originally published on
2/26/2010
by
Marcus Nelson
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Florida Atlantic safety Austin Jensen, who was injured in a car accident almost two weeks ago, was released from the hospital Friday and was heading to his home in Bradenton, an FAU official said.
Jensen had been at Delray Beach Medical Center since the Feb. 13 accident on I-95 on the way to the team’s football banquet.
Jensen was in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit until Feb. 18 after receiving a fractured skull and pelvis in the accident.
Punter Mickey Groody was driving the car that Jensen, offensive lineman Max Karrick and student trainer Kevin Thornton were riding in. The Ford Explorer Sport Trac rolled over after being clipped by a another driver who lost control of her car after taking evasive action to avoid what the Florida Highway Patrol termed “reckless driving” by the operator of a blue Nissan SUV.
The driver of the Nissan sped away and has not been located. He faces felony charges, but law enforcement officials do not expect to find him.
Karrick and Groody both received concussions, but were released from the hospital the day of the accident.