In a story that first gained publicity through a Facebook posting by his high school, it was learned on Tuesday that Patriots linebacker Darius Fleming had rescued a woman following a car crash. The incident occurred a mere two days before the Divisional playoff match up with the Kansas City Chiefs about a mile or so away from Gillette Stadium near a Dunkin Donuts on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Fleming spoke with reporters on Tuesday to discuss the incident. According to ESPN Boston’s Mike Reiss, Fleming told him<\/a><\/strong> “a large truck made an unexpected right turn on Route 1 while he was driving away from Gillette Stadium, which he said led to three cars colliding in front of his vehicle.”<\/p>\n Fleming was quoted saying,\u00a0“I was about to go around it, but I noticed the lady in front of me, she kind of was jumping around the car, passenger seat, back seat, and I noticed smoke building up inside the car,” Fleming recalled. “I tried to open the doors and it wouldn’t work. So then I was just like, ‘I have to get her out of here. I don’t know if this lady can breathe or what…I started banging on the window. It wouldn’t break. So then I started to kick in the window and eventually it broke.”<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t panic, but I was just like, \u2018I got to get her out.'”<\/p>\n Fleming was unable to get the name of the woman he rescued, she has been interviewed by local media since the incident was released but has chosen to remain anonymous according to the Walpole Police Department who also released multiple press releases regarding the incident Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n “On arrival the individual in question was not on scene and due to the nature of the accident there was no follow up to this information as the identity to an unknown good Samaritan had no bearing on this report. We are attempting to obtain more information at this time and will follow up with another release should we learn more.”<\/p>\n “She said that due to the nature of the accident her vehicle lost power and she could not get out. At that time a male who she believed to be a patriot approached the passenger side and indicated to her that he would kick in the passenger side window which he did. She then crawled over to the passenger side and the unknown male assisted her in climbing out of the window.”<\/p>\n “She said she did not recognize the player and did not realize that he was hurt at the time. She said that she would like to remain anonymous but that she would like to express her thanks to the individual who came to her aid.”<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalpoleChief\/status\/689940856208543745<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalpoleChief\/status\/689941889953480704<\/p>\n NECN’s Kathryn Sotnik gathered the following information from the victim.<\/p>\n Victim says she was "in shock" that a @Patriots<\/a> player rescued her. Says he offered to stay with her. @dfleming58<\/p>\n — Kathryn Sotnik (@KatSotnik) January 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n