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Patriots’ James White wishes son happy birthday with touching Instagram post

It has been a brutal couple of days for New England Patriots running back James White. He was with the team in Seattle when he learned his father was fatally injured and his mother critically hurt in a car accident in Florida.

The 59-year-old police captain was a passenger in a Volkswagen Passat being driven by his wife, Lisa White, when it was broadsided by a Subaru. The 32-year-old driver of the Subaru also had to be rescued from his car after the engine compartment caught on fire.

James White put together a touching Instagram post as a tribute to his late dad and 1-year-old son Xzavier.