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Trent Brown details ‘traumatic’ accident that made him miss Patriots OTAs

Trent Brown officially made his return during the Patriots’ second week of OTAs last week and participated all throughout mandatory minicamp this week, manning his expected spot at right tackle.

But skipping out on voluntary workouts wasn’t Brown’s plan.

“When I first heard we were going to have OTAs, I told them I would be here Day 1,” he said.

But a serious ATV accident involving Brown and his brother derailed those plans. Brown didn’t suffer major injuries, but he said his brother nearly lost his arm.

“It was a traumatic experience,” Brown said, “for me to be beside him and to see his arm just dangling by skin and a couple ligaments.