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Kiel's friends tried to help ex-NFL star

SAN DIEGO (UPI) -- Friends of Terrence Kiel desperately attempted to lift a sedan off the former San Diego Chargers safety after his fatal car accident, a witness says.

Witness Bill Alsup said after the 27-year-old football player crashed his sedan into a cinder-block wall, friends from a nearby party tried in vain to free him from the vehicle before police intervened, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Sunday.

"They seemed a little distraught that they couldn't do more," Alsup said of Friday night's accident.

Police would not confirm that the party had been thrown by Chargers linebacker Stephen Cooper, who owns a home near the crash scene.

A female witness told police she saw Kiel allegedly driving the wrong way down the road prior to losing control of his vehicle, the Union-Tribune said.

The newspaper said the former Texas A&M standout, who was dismissed by the Chargers last year for alleged drug use, died of related injuries while being transported to the hospital.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 07/06/2008

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