- Messi avoided a car crash
- Jumped red light and headed towards moving traffic
- Was being escorted by a Police car
WHAT HAPPENED? Messi could have experienced a serious car accident in Miami after his car jumped red light and headed straight into moving traffic.
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Messi's vehicle was being escorted by a Fort Lauderdale police car yet it went into an intersection. Thankfully the other cars were alert and slowed down in time to avoid a horror accident. It is not known whether the Argentina captain was driving the car himself.
WHAT NEXT FOR LIONEL MESSI? Messi is likely to make his Inter Miami debut on July 21 against Cruz Azul in the opening match of the inaugural Leagues Cup.
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