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Former Purdue Football LB Cornel Jones Seriously Injured in Car Accident

This morning i caught word that former Purdue football player cornel Jones was recently seriously injured in a car accident. The accident occurred Friday night according to a GoFundMe set up for him:

On the evening of Thursday, March 26th, I was driving home and was involved in a major car accident. This incident was investigated and it was determined I’m not at fault. Unfortunately, my car hydroplaned and hit a tree causing multiple injuries: two broken hands, broken wrist, four fractured fingers, fractured all five toes on the right foot, broken leg, loss two front teeth, sliced tongue, fractured shin and ribs & blood clots in the lungs.