A harrowing twist of fate saw former KSAT and ESPN sportscaster Cordell Patrick ejected onto a California freeway during a vehicular mishap, leading to a flurry of injuries but, by his own account, miraculously sparing his life. As reported by the KSAT, Patrick recounted the ordeal from his hospital bed, sporting multiple fractures and still in recovery from the grave incident that befell him and his wife on their journey home from a camping trip.
The incident unfolded on Monday on State Route 14 when Patrick's wife, reportedly dozing at the wheel of their new RV, veered towards the median. Covered in bandages, it was in the narrow timeframe that he unbuckled his seatbelt to use the restroom, "It was a blur. It was crazy. I don't know how I’m alive," Patrick told KSAT. His efforts to avert disaster proved to be just milliseconds short as the RV crashed, launching him out the window and over the freeway's center median.
Struck by adversity yet dodging further catastrophe, Patrick was captured on a motorist’s dashcam contorting through the air and landing amidst the rushing traffic of the opposite lanes. A scene both cosmic and earthbound – a soul briefly in flight, only to be reclaimed by the merciless gravity of asphalt and circumstance. "By the grace of God I’m still here, man," he said in an interview with KSAT. With the assistance of bystanders who rushed to his aid, Patrick suffered multiple broken bones, significant road rash, and needed many stitches to his head.
Adding to his career milestones as a former sportscaster for KSAT where he covered the Spurs and major sporting events in San Antonio, this survival tale now joins as an unlikely segment. As an ESPN Plus commentator, CBS News reported that Patrick, a Texas State University graduate, sustained injuries including a broken collarbone, broken leg bones and required stitches in his forehead following the crash. Floated across the news waves are also images from yesteryears, as Patrick was seen in a vintage clip, ringing in the New Year with San Antonio news icons.
