Two top-rated Clemson commits walk away from car accidents
Clemson defensive end commitment Xavier Thomas of Florence, who attends IMG Academy in Florida, tweeted he avoided serious injury in a single car accident in West Virginia on Monday.
Thomas tweeted that he swerved to miss a deer, hit a ditch, flipped his car and hit a tree. Thomas tweeted he was not wearing a seat belt but walked away with just bruises and scratches. Thomas tweeted he was just a ½ mile from his hotel and that’s why he didn’t have on his seat belt and he vowed to always wear his seat belt in the future.
Deer ran out, swerved, hit a ditch, flipped over & hit a tree. No seatbelt, Blessed to walk away from this with just bruises and scratches pic.twitter.com/hCe5MhvJKb
— Xavier Thomas 1️⃣9️⃣ (@atxlete) June 12, 2017
There is no excuse for it but I was not wearing my seatbelt b/c I was thinking short term and the hotel was 1/2 mile away from where I went https://t.co/2bK1cVsAbv
— Xavier Thomas 1️⃣9️⃣ (@atxlete) June 12, 2017
Fellow Clemson defensive lineman commitment Josh Belk, of Lewisville, tweeted, with pictures, that he was in an accident in his truck on Monday night. Belk said he walked away with a busted lip and a few scratches on his hand.
Walked away from this with only a busted lip and a few scratches on my hand. Nothing but thanks to the man upstairs pic.twitter.com/w7beb7P7pt
— Josh Belk (@jbelk50) June 13, 2017
This story was originally published June 13, 2017 at 10:44 AM with the headline "Two top-rated Clemson commits walk away from car accidents."