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(Reuters) - New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes, being investigated for possible involvement in a hit-and-run accident, was released by the team on Monday, less than a month after it signed him.
A damaged Mercedes-Benz Maybach registered to Spikes was found abandoned early Sunday in the median strip of Interstate 495 in Foxborough, Massachusetts, State Police said.
The driver of the car reported through the on-board navigation system hitting a deer. But when help arrived, the car had been abandoned and no deer had been found in the area, police said.