One day after Massachusetts State Police said they were investigating why New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes’ car was abandoned, the team announced it has released Spikes.
#Patriots have released LB Brandon Spikes.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) June 8, 2015
The Boston Herald reported details of the incident that occurred early Sunday morning:
“[State police spokesman David] Procopio said that shortly after 3:30 a.m., state police were alerted by a representative of the OnStar on-board navigation system that the driver of the Mercedes had reported hitting a deer.