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Donovan Mitchell witnessed a car accident — and pulled over to stop and help

Most drivers have done it. A car or two look badly damaged as the result of a collision, so you slow down to survey the damage before continuing along to your destination. The practice is so common it has a name: rubbernecking.

Few people, though, stop and help. That’s what Donovan Mitchell did, though, in an accident he witnessed on Monday between his team’s morning shootaround and his 8:30 p.m. game.

“I was driving by, a lady was falling out of her car, the airbags went off, she was grabbing her chest and I was like, ‘Oh shoot.