She has had one helluva week.<\/p>\n
After resigning from the New York Times amid a blistering scandal and a resulting media circus, Page Six hears that top NFL journalist Dianna Russini mounted a daring rescue of an elderly man and his dog from an overturned Jeep.<\/p>\n
Local news site Patch reported<\/a> that around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, a 17-year-old driving a Honda Civic turned onto a street in suburban Wyckoff, New Jersey, and collided with the Jeep, flipping the 4\u00d74 onto its side.<\/p>\n The day after resigning from the New York Times amid a media circus, Dianna Russini rescued an elderly man and his dog from a Jeep. Boyd A. Loving<\/p>\n The drama unfolded in the wake of a scandal over photographs that Page Six published showing Russini at the Ambiente resort in Sedona, Arizona, with New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel. \u00a9 Page SIx<\/p>\n According to the report, the 73-year-old driver of the Jeep and his dog were stuck inside.<\/p>\n Enter Russini, who \u2014 just the day before \u2014 had quit the Times amid an internal investigation into photographs published by Page Six<\/a>, which appeared to show her holding hands with Mike Vrabel, the head coach of the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n An eyewitness tells us that Russini was driving along the same road as the Jeep, and the accident happened right in front of her car.<\/p>\n The Jeep collided with a Honda Civic, according to local reports Boyd A. Loving<\/p>\n The accident happened in Wyckoff, New Jersey. Boyd A. Loving<\/p>\n \u201cShe ran out and had a tall man put her on top of the Jeep to open the door, and she and the other guy pulled the driver and his dog out of the Jeep,\u201d our spy told us.<\/p>\n Cops arrived soon after. Police sources tell Page Six that they believe that bystanders helped deal with the crash before officers arrived on the scene.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a stunning turn of events in an already tumultuous week in the Vrabel-Russini debacle.<\/p>\n She was previously a top journalist at ESPN Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n We reported on April 7 that Russini and Vrabel has been spotted together at the luxury Ambiente resort in Sedona, Arizona, more than two hours away from a work event that both had been expected to attend. (They\u2019re both married to other people). <\/p>\n They told us that they had been at the hotel with other friends and denied a romance.<\/p>\n Russini\u2019s boss, Steven Ginsburg of the Athletic \u2014 the formerly independent sports site that was acquired by the Times in 2022 and now functions as its sports section \u2014 immediately backed Russini, telling us that the pictures \u201clacked vital context.\u201d<\/p>\n Vrabel remains with the Patriots. Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n