Babiy's Full Comments on Car Accident

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"As many of you have heard and questioned me about already, I was in fact in a car accident in Philadelphia a few days before flying out to Oslo for the start of training camp.  I understand that this event is one that does not reflect well on me.  For that reason I will attempt to clear any questions, and Oslo’s press assistant will make copies of the police report available.  A lot of times when people hear about a young athlete being in a car accident people assume that they had just gone out and gotten some sports car and were drinking or speeding.  In my case it was just a momentary lapse of judgement.

 

"When driving home from my local hockey rink, where I assisted with an instructional hockey program, I was involved in a car accident.  I was turning a corner and hit another vehicle in the intersection.  That corner has a little bit of a reputation in my neighborhood.  The guy who lives there has a car collection or something and parks all of them back to back right on the corner so you can’t see over the hill and it is kind of a blind jump if you are turning onto the next street.  Obviously I am just happy that everyone got out unharmed.

 

"After the accident we stopped and called the cops.  Because I had a stop sign and the other driver did not, I accepted fault for the accident.  We exchanged information and left.  During the incident we were civil with each other, I even made a joke about fleeing the country.

 

(Laughs)  

 

"I have not heard from the other driver since the event and am not involved in any legal proceedings at this time.  I have spoken with the General Manager and coaches and we are all in agreement that after this conference we will put this behind us and my full focus will be on becoming a better hockey player.

 

"Thank you."
 

 

 

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[Higgins 3,618]

Terrible Hand-eye coordination look out GMs :0 JkJk

[diamond_ace 3,112]

Babiy still has Oslo's full support