PITTSBURGH (WCMH) — Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has been sued for alleged recklessness after a crash this year left three women seriously injured.
Three Indianapolis women filed two lawsuits on Oct. 22 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where the crash occurred, accusing Pryor of acting recklessly by driving his Tesla Cybertruck at a high speed in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood.
A woman and two passengers were headed east in a Nissan Rogue. The women were in a left turn lane with a flashing yellow light and were waiting for oncoming traffic to clear before turning into a gas station parking lot.
Pryor was traveling west in the left lane “at an unsafe rate of speed,” approaching two trucks that were stopped at a red light, according to the lawsuit. Pryor then allegedly swerved into the right lane, running the red light and crashing into the Rogue. The vehicle was pinned to a traffic light post and turned on its side.
Screenshot from court documents
Both women had to be removed from the vehicle and were hospitalized with “severe and serious” injuries, according to the lawsuit. The driver of the Rogue suffered a cut involving the muscles and tendons on the right hand, hip pain, and other spine and body trauma.
One passenger suffered injuries including a hernia and fractures to the neck, femur and pelvis, according to the lawsuit. The other passenger suffered femur and nose fractures, among other injuries.
Pryor was not injured in the crash.
The women argue that Pryor’s negligence was what caused the crash and their subsequent injuries. They are demanding a jury trial.
Pryor, a Pittsburgh native, played for the Buckeyes from 2008 to 2010 before being drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the third round of the 2011 NFL draft.
At Ohio State, Pryor had a record of 31-4 with 6,177 passing yards, 2,164 rushing yards, and 57 touchdown passes.
Pryor was one of the “Tattoo Five,” members of the 2010 OSU team punished because Pryor, Mike Adams, Daniel “Boom” Herron, DeVier Posey, and Solomon Thomas received improper benefits from a local tattoo parlor owner in exchange for memorabilia.
Pryor was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in 2011, where he was quarterback from 2011 to 2013 before joining the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs, and Cincinnati Bengals. He switched to wide receiver with the Cleveland Browns in 2015 before joining the Washington Redskins, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, and Jacksonville Jaguars, where he was released in 2019.
