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JACKSONVILLE — Leonard Fournette was struck by the irony. Literally.
Two days after the Jaguars snuffed out the Super Bowl hopes of the Pittsburgh Steelers, their star rookie running back was involved in a car wreck — his Maybach rear-ended by a driver who pledges allegiance to the Black and Gold.
“I wasn’t really worried about it,” Fournette told USA TODAY Sports about the fender-bender on I-295. “But the funny thing is, it was Pittsburgh fans. Know what I mean?”
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It was weird, considering the rookie scored a career-high three TDs at Heinz Field last Sunday. He was taken aback upon discovering the Pennsylvania plates on that car that hit him.
“They were from Pittsburgh,” Fournette added. “They came to Jacksonville to drop the in-laws off.”
Thankfully, the accident didn't cause any injuries. But Fournette’s Mercedes-Maybach 6 — an exotic coupe with a sticker price of at least six figures — did not survive.
“I’ve got to get a whole new car,” Fournette said. “But at least nobody got hurt.”
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