SCSU Bulldogs Football Player Performs Heroic Act at Accident

REGGIE OWENS
HOMETOWN: STATESBORO, GA

SAVANNAH, Georgia – South Carolina State junior defensive end Reggie Owens, was a part of a heroic effort that saved the lives three young children involved in a three-vehicle accident near Savannah Saturday (April 4).

Officials are still investigating a terrible three-vehicle wreck that shut down the intersection of West Gwinnett Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, around 1:45 a.m., Saturday morning.

According to Georgia State Patrol, three young children were thrown from a vehicle after being T-boned by another vehicle. Frederick Cobbs was arrested on the scene after witnesses say he ran the red light at the intersection. He was given a blood test after performing poorly on his field sobriety test.

"MAIT is handling the full investigation of the crash. Further charges can be pending against him, but right now, we have charged him with a DUI," said Corporal J.K. Crews, GSP.

Owens who was traveling back home from college (SC State) for the holiday weekend saw the accident happen. He says three children were ejected after the white car that Cobbs was driving T-boned the vehicle, ejecting them as it spun through the intersection.

"I stopped; I was the first on the scene. I rushed out to make sure everyone was okay. As I approached the cars, I saw one child that fell from under the car. I had to pull him from under the car to keep him from being run over," said Reggie Owens, witness.

Owens, a current junior and All-MEAC performer on the SC State Championship football team at South Carolina State University, never thought he would be in this position.

"I thought 'this is bad,' I immediately had somebody tend to him. I had a shirt; I took my shirt off. I plugged his wound. I had to stop the bleeding; he was bleeding profusely. I knew I couldn't move the bodies but I could at least stop the bleeding," said Owens.

The children and two adults in the vehicle have been transported to Memorial, but we do not yet know the extent of their injuries. Only one of the young boys in that car was in a car seat, according to GSP. They are all around seven-years-old or younger.

Savannah Fire, GSP, and Savannah-Chatham Metro all worked the scene.

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