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Pete Alonso Says He’s O.K. After ‘Really Brutal Car Accident’

The Mets first baseman was driving to spring training Sunday when a driver ran a red light and T-boned him.

Stephanie Apstein

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was in a “really brutal car accident” on Sunday, he said on Monday. He said it was a “really close experience to death” but he survived without injuries.

Alonso said he was driving to spring training from his home in Tampa with his wife, Haley, in the car behind him when another driver ran a red light and T-boned him. His car flipped three times and he had to kick out the windshield to escape. Haley, who had the couple’s two dogs in the car with her, phoned the police and gathered other onlookers to help. Alonso said the other driver was uninjured.

“I’m just so, so lucky,” Alonso said. He said he would take the field on Tuesday. The Mets will open spring training Saturday on the road against the Nationals at The Ballpark of The Palm Beaches, with first pitch set for 6:05 p.m. ET.

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Stephanie Apstein
STEPHANIE APSTEIN

Stephanie Apstein is a senior writer covering baseball and Olympic sports for Sports Illustrated, where she started as an intern in 2011. She has covered 10 World Series and three Olympics, and is a frequent contributor to SportsNet New York's Baseball Night in New York. Apstein has twice won top honors from the Associated Press Sports Editors, and her work has been included in the Best American Sports Writing book series. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America who serves as its New York chapter vice chair, she graduated from Trinity College with a bachelor's in French and Italian, and has a master's in journalism from Columbia University.

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