Ruggs III was reportedly heavily intoxicated and driving at 150+ mph when the accident happened. The Raiders organization released a statement about the subject shortly before releasing him:

“The Raiders are aware of an incident involving Henry Ruggs III that occurred this morning in Las Vegas. We are devastated by the loss of life and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim’s family. We are in the process of gathering information and will have no further comment at the time,” saidthe statement.

NFL News: Henry Ruggs’ Victim’s Family Shares Emotional Statement

The family of the victim, identified as Tina Tintor, also shared a statement on the situation, asking people and the media to please back down and just let them mourn and get over this tragedy:

“Tina’s tragic loss has devastated her family beyond a grief they could ever comprehend. Family was everything to Tina, and she was the light of her parent’s life,” the statement said, according to Ari Meirov of ProFootballTalk.“Tina lived in Las Vegas since she was a baby. She loved her three-year-old Golden Retriever, Max, who passed alongside her Tuesday morning. The Tintor family appreciates privacy as they mourn. May Tina rest in peace.”

Ruggs Was Heavily Intoxicated

Some recently-emerged videos show that Henry Ruggs III was heavily intoxicated when the crash happened. He had been having a good time hours before the incident and now could face up to 26 years in prison over DUI resulting in death and reckless driving charges.

Our heart goes out to Tina, her dog, and her family in this terribletime.

The talented wide receiver was going at 150 mp/h after having way too many drinks at night. He’s now facing reckless driving and DUI resulting in death charges. Also, he suffered some non-life-threatening injuries.

So, now that the team cut ties with him and that he’ll no longer be around, quarterback Derek Carr and interim coach Ray Bisaccia shared their thoughts on this terrible situation and how it will affect the team.

Raiders Coach Ray Bisaccia Opens Up On Henry Ruggs’ Situation

“There is no blueprint for this,” Bisaccia said, as quoted by ProFootballTalk. “There is no handbook that they give you for the obstacles that you occur, whether you’re a parent, whether you’re a teacher . . . I just think we all lean on each other in there and there [are] a lot of other coaches on the staff that have a lot of experiences. We have players that have gone through other things, so I think we’ve done a good job of communicating with each other. We’ve tried to give the best resources that we have to our players within [director of player engagement] Montelle [Sanders] and [team clinician]Jean [Fajardo] and people in their department, and then certainly, what we’ve done as coaches.”

Derek Carr Shares His Thoughts

“I will say I walked by and saw Henry’s Locker today and for whatever reason, that got me you know like, like he’s not, not going to be there, you know,” Carr told the media, according to Mick Akers. “Not because he’s fast, not because of what he could do for me, but because of the person that he is and because I love him. I mean he literally texted me at midnight you know, golf swing, me and Hunter(Renfrow). He asked how his swing looked, you guys need to help me. Just seeing that and getting the news when we woke up, I don’t know even how I’m supposed to even handle that.”

This is one of the saddest stories we’ve seen in quite some time. Not only did a young, talented player’s career will come to a sudden end but also – and way more importantly – someone lost hislife due to another person’s recklessness.