Philadelphia Eagles star A.J. Brown wants everyone to know he is OK after a scary incident Saturday morning during a charity event.
The All-Pro wide receiver was riding a bike in the annual Eagles Autism Challenge race. Things were going so well, he decided to stream his ride on Instagram Live.
Literally seconds later, a few startled shouts could be heard, and the video flipped in several directions. The video returned a couple of seconds later, showing an image of power lines overhead.
Turns out a driver ran a stop sign and almost hit Brown and fellow riders. While he avoided being hit, his phone went flying and landed on the pavement.
Aj Brown almost got hit by a car on instagram live 💀 pic.twitter.com/B1epRPPH4I
— Carl 🐍 (@ProjectHurts) May 20, 2023
Brown posted an update on the situation on Twitter a short time later.
“I’m fine everyone lol,” he tweeted. “Someone ran the stop sign. I didn’t fall off my bike, I just dropped my phone and got out of the way. Stay safe everyone.”
https://twitter.com/1kalwaysopen_/status/1659918787703971844
Incredibly, Brown resumed his IG Live commentary after climbing back on his bike, joking, “This **** right here crazy bruh … I ain’t doing this **** no more.”
(Warning: NSFW language.)
WTF THE DRIVER THAT ALMOST AJ BROWN BLAMED HIM FOR NOT PAYING ATTENTION WHEN THE DRIVER LITERALLY RAN A STOP SIGN… pic.twitter.com/Kihi1LSSGX
— Carl 🐍 (@ProjectHurts) May 20, 2023
Brown didn’t get a description of the car, although he later tweeted, “I think I saw a star on the license plate,” a reference to Philadelphia’s bitter rival, the Dallas Cowboys.
The veteran seemed to get a good laugh out of the incident, and Eagles fans joined in on the act with some jokes of their own on Twitter.
Great to hear. The video was scary. Stay safe WR1.
— Intimidator21 🦅 (@Intimidator21) May 20, 2023
— Philly Sports – Love & Pain (@PHLSportsPain) May 20, 2023
Me when AJ Browns phone hit the floor: https://t.co/ocvEN2PNMe
— Josh Sweat Truther (@EaglesBurna) May 20, 2023
You think Jerry Jones hired the driver..? 👀#iykyk
— Mårcûs (@blakehanson09) May 20, 2023
Ohhhh the driver of the car doesn’t know how close to meeting their maker they got. I can’t begin to imagine what Philly would have done had our boy AJ gotten hurt 😳
— JAY G (@jg691) May 20, 2023
Stop signs are only a suggestion in south Philly. Even the cops roll the stop signs.
— MR (@xmr13x) May 20, 2023
50/50 chance it was Micah Parsons driving that car.
— Eaglezzz (@JamesBrimacombe) May 20, 2023
[A.J. Brown, Twitter; Photo Credit: A.J. Brown, Instagram]
