TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Darryl Strawberry, the suspended New York Yankees outfielder who has battled cancer and drug abuse, was jailed Monday after hitting a street sign and then running into a vehicle stopped at a red light.
Strawberry, who had cancer surgery last month, "blacked out" at the wheel from prescription medication while driving to a probation officer supervising him since a cocaine conviction in April 1999, said the outfielder's lawyer, Joseph Ficarrotta.
"He took some kind of medication and that apparently caused some reaction and made him pass out," said Ficarrotta. "Where in the sequence he blacked out I don't know."
Strawberry, 38, was taken into custody at gunpoint by an off-duty officer who saw the collisions and was held in the Hillsborough County Jail without bail, pending a court hearing Tuesday.
"He seemed very tired and very drained," Ficarrotta said after visiting Strawberry. "He's recuperating from some very severe cancer surgery. He seemed very weak and very tired."
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Strawberry, who had cancer surgery last month, "blacked out" at the wheel from prescription medication while driving to a probation officer supervising him since a cocaine conviction in April 1999, said the outfielder's lawyer, Joseph Ficarrotta.
"He took some kind of medication and that apparently caused some reaction and made him pass out," said Ficarrotta. "Where in the sequence he blacked out I don't know."
Strawberry, 38, was taken into custody at gunpoint by an off-duty officer who saw the collisions and was held in the Hillsborough County Jail without bail, pending a court hearing Tuesday.
"He seemed very tired and very drained," Ficarrotta said after visiting Strawberry. "He's recuperating from some very severe cancer surgery. He seemed very weak and very tired."
Want to learn more? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/09/11/strawberry_arrest_ap/
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Alien - Administrator / Owner
["Everything was true. God was an alien. Oz really is over the
rainbow. ...and Midian is where the monsters live." -Nightbreed]