Carolina Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson is being sued by former Duke University quarterback Anthony Boone for injuries Boone suffered in a two-car head-on wreck.
Thompson was driving left of center on Potter Road near Weddington in May 2016 when the collision occurred, the State Highway Patrol reported at the time. Thompson told troopers he dropped his phone on the floorboard of his 2016 Chevrolet SUV and reached down to pick it up. That caused him to cross the center line, troopers said.
Boone, driving a 2004 Lexus SUV, swerved left to avoid Thompson. But Thompson pulled back toward the right, and the two collided, according to a State Highway Patrol incident report.