Pete Alonso of the New York Mets says he is lucky to be alive after his car flipped three times as part of a crash that happened on Sunday in Tampa, Fla.
According to MLB.com, Alonso and his wife, Haley, were driving across the state of Florida to get to the spring training home of the New York Mets in Port St. Lucie (just under three hours away from Tampa) when the accident occurred.
What we know about the car crash involving New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso
Alonso was not on the field on Monday after the crash, but planned to be back with the team and working out on Tuesday.
He described the incident to reporters at Mets camp.
Pete Alonso says he got into an awful car accident in Tampa on the way to spring training yesterday. Another driver ran through a red light, his car flipped over, and he kicked through his windshield to get out. pic.twitter.com/1WPd8YheRh
— Deesha (@DeeshaThosar) March 14, 2022
Haley Alonso posted the aftermath of the crash on her Instagram page and detailed what she saw as she was following her husband when the accident occurred. Here’s a portion of what she wrote on her page describing what happened during and immediately after the crash.
"“Once the car struck the side of his truck, it flipped 3 times and slid into where you see it in these videos. I slammed on my breaks, jumped out of my car and ran up to his truck. I was terrified of what I was going to see. I couldn’t see inside of the truck because the windshield was shattered. I screamed for him just hoping that he’d be able to answer me. He said he was ok and was going to kick out the windshield to escape since he was trapped.”"
You can see the video of the aftermath of the crash below.
Pete Alonso’s wife, Haley, just posted this video on her Instagram of Pete’s car after his crash yesterday. Pete said today the car flipped three times and he had to kick out the windshield to escape. pic.twitter.com/L1h5KWvnvc
— Stephanie Apstein (@stephapstein) March 14, 2022
Luckily, Alonso escaped unharmed from what was truly a horrific moment.