{"id":601679,"date":"2026-04-13T18:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601679\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:03:11","slug":"top-nfl-prospect-rueben-bain-jr-driver-in-accident-that-killed-woman-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601679\/","title":{"rendered":"Top NFL Prospect Rueben Bain Jr. Driver In Accident That Killed Woman In 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

U Miami’s Rueben Bain Jr.
\n Driver In 2024 Car Accident
\n … Passenger Died<\/p>\n

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\n April 13, 2026
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Rueben Bain Jr. was the driver in a fatal accident in 2024, according to a new report … as the University of Miami star prepares for the NFL Draft, where he’s a near lock first-round draft pick.<\/p>\n

Bain, now 21, was driving a 2021 Land Rover SUV with three other passengers — Canes teammates Nyjalik Kelly and Wesley Bissainthe, and a 22-year-old woman, Destiny Betts, on March 17, 2024.<\/p>\n

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Around 4 AM, Rueben rear-ended another vehicle, according to The Read Optional<\/a>, sending his SUV careening into multiple concrete barriers.<\/p>\n

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Betts was transported to a local trauma center in Miami, where she was in a coma for nearly three months before dying from her injuries on June 13, 2024.<\/p>\n

At the time of the accident, Bain was cited … but the ticket was dropped before Betts passed away.<\/p>\n

No field sobriety tests were administered.<\/p>\n

Despite what happened, Destiny’s family seems to be at peace … calling the incident a “tragic accident” in a statement, and saying they “wish Mr. Bain the best as he continues his life and career.”<\/p>\n

On the field, Bain is a terror … finishing the season with 9.5 sacks and nearly 60 quarterback pressures. He was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Bain is expected to be drafted somewhere between 8 and 15 at next week’s NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U Miami’s Rueben Bain Jr. Driver In 2024 Car Accident … Passenger Died Published April 13, 2026 7:24…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,44,82,865,866],"class_list":{"0":"post-601679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-news","13":"tag-tmz-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}