REPORT: Miguel Sano Involved in Incident Where Cop was Run Over at 3AM
Reports released on Monday morning say Miguel Sano will NOT be charged criminally for this accident. CLICK HERE to read the updated story after today’s news released.
Wow, we are getting close to game time for the Vikings and I see this tweet from esteemed local Twins writer, Brandon Warne (The Athletic/Zone Coverage):
Since my Spanish is a little shaky, this is what the press release says with the help of Google translate:
Seems to suggest Sano hit an officer patrolling near a nightclub around 3 a.m.
Still working to confirm. pic.twitter.com/Rg47sMZvAA
— Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) October 7, 2018
Sure enough, I found the article with more help from Brandon’s Twitter account. It’s in Spanish but I ran it through Google translate and it seems pretty clear that Miguel Sano was involved with a car that ran over a police officer in his hometown of San Pedro de Macorís.
This is bad. Really really bad. #MNTwins
It looks like Sano ran over a police officer at 3AM in his hometown. Saw it first over @Brandon_Warne.
Here is the link to the article and a picture of me running it through Google Translate: https://t.co/RsfsIQardB pic.twitter.com/ooAnmBMqpj
— (Petty) Minnesota Sports Fan (@realmnsportsfan) October 7, 2018
Here is more from Mariana Guzman, who seems VERY qualified to break this. She’s written about the Twins and for the MLB and in Spanish.
The Department of Traffic and Transportation and says that the police officer was standing out a nightclub around 3 am at the moment when Miguel Sanó was leaving the Club, then the Officer requested Sano´s ID and documentation. 1/2 https://t.co/lMzlkc70Gs
— Mariana Guzmán ⚾️ (@MarianaGuzzy) October 7, 2018
The report uses the verb “pisó” that means “stepped on” to describe the incident.
The police officer has tibia and fibula fracture. The case is under investigation. https://t.co/lMzlkc70Gs— Mariana Guzmán ⚾️ (@MarianaGuzzy) October 7, 2018
The wording of the document is not perfect, but it is understood that Sanó was aboard a white car (the use the word camioneta, that could be a SUV or VAN) without a license plate and then stepped on the police. https://t.co/LOVHVj88OA
— Mariana Guzmán ⚾️ (@MarianaGuzzy) October 7, 2018
The report about Sano´s incident certainly is clear because it describes part of what happened, but obviously, we need more accurate information.
— Mariana Guzmán ⚾️ (@MarianaGuzzy) October 7, 2018
Obviously, this isn’t good… But, these are the first details releasing on the situation. So, we’ll keep you up-to-date from here and will have opinions stated once more facts come out. There is no statement at this time from the Minnesota Twins but I’d expect one VERY soon.
UPDATE: (4:00 PM 10/7/18)
More is coming out. None of it looks good. It seems as though Miguel was the driver, was arrested, and eventually bailed out. It also is being reported that he didn’t have any identification and the vehicle didn’t have any plates… It looks to be a hit and run.
Police report says he had no documents on him, and the truck had no plates. This was after leaving a nightclub at 3am. He ran over a rookie cop’s foot and leg after being told to pull over. He’s required to show up tomorrow to see if he’ll be charged (unlikely).
— Santo Domingo News ?? (@StoDomingoNews) October 7, 2018
There are even scarier rumors out there….
“Gun shots” https://t.co/a7Chq2dCIM
— Mariana Guzmán ⚾️ (@MarianaGuzzy) October 7, 2018
UPDATE: 7:05 PM
So far, all that’s come out since the last update was this statement from the Twins. Very generic. Tomorrow should bring a bunch of updates since he is set to appear in court at 9 AM (DRT) or 8 AM (CST). We’ll be here when we hear/see something.
Statement from the #MNTwins on Miguel Sano: pic.twitter.com/nslowsSCit
— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) October 7, 2018
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