UPDATE 12/09/10: According to the Orlando Sentinel, Head Coach Donnie Jones confirmed that A.J. Rompza was in a car accident yesterday, stating, “A.J. had a car accident here on campus and is just really sore. He didn’t get injured, but he’s just really sore from it. So we sat him out here today to rest his body, to make sure we get him back full strength. We’re just icing him down. Thank God he’s not injured as bad as he probably could have been. He’s fortunate it wasn’t worse than what it was.”
UPDATE 12/08/10, 3:40 PM:KnightNews.com received e-mail confirmation from UCF PD that “it was a driver identified as Andrew Rompza,” and that the crash “occurr[ed] on Andromeda and Gemini at 4:15 p.m.”
KnightNews.com is receiving multiple reports that UCF star basketball player AJ Rompza was in a car accident this afternoon.
One of the reports came from an eyewitness, who sent us pictures of the scene that do show a person fitting Rompza’s description sitting next to a Silver Mustang near the intersection of Andromeda and Gemini.
Some of the eyewitnesses told KnightNews.com that it appeared no one suffered any serious injuries, but we haven’t yet been able to confirm that with emergency responders.
KnightNews.com placed a call and email to a UCF police spokesman earlier tonight, after hours, and we will update you when we hear back on whether there is any official confirmation that Rompza was indeed involved, and how the crash happened.
Check back for updates.
