There are a lot of reasons young people make mistakes and when they do no one can teach more lessons from those mistakes than Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney.
Most people are aware of the accident that Clemson football corner Fred Davis II caused back in July but more information has come out about that accident and the updates are horrific; Larry Williams from Tiger Illustrated tweeted out the investigation updates.
Car accidents happen every day across the world and in most cases, they truly are accidents. However, there are times where the party that caused the accident clearly has no business operating a vehicle and this may be one of those times.
The USPS driver Davis collided with suffered serious injuries. Both are extremely fortunate to be alive. https://t.co/84hR6lB4KX
— Larry Williams (@LarryWilliamsTI) August 1, 2021
The accident report found that Davis II was driving a reckless 115 MPH in a 55 MPH in his Charger when he hit a mail truck on US 123 in Clemson. According to The State, “the force of the impact caused the mail truck to flip over into oncoming traffic. Two other vehicles then collided with each other while attempting to avoid the mail truck.”
Davis II turned himself into the Clemson police department.
Clemson football will more than likely be without Fred Davis II in Charlotte
During his time as the Clemson football coach, Dabo Swinney has never allowed winning football games to supersede punishing players. Over the years he has suspended elite players like Sammy Watkins and all-conference players such as Derion Kendrick.
Swinney’s coaching philosophy is applied to all players equally and that will be no different in this case either.
There is no reason nor excuse for Davis to have been driving as recklessly as he was and while Swinney will more than likely no kick him off the team as fans have stated on social media, he will be suspended and will have to earn his way back onto the field and back into the good graces of the entire Clemson football program.
While the driver of the mail carrier sustained major injuries, thankfully no one was killed – including Davis, who will hopefully learn from this and become more mature behind the wheel of a car that can kill people when operated recklessly.