{"id":539028,"date":"2026-03-22T18:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/539028\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T18:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:21:07","slug":"winfield-jr-s-fiancee-teesa-mpagi-helped-woman-hit-by-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/539028\/","title":{"rendered":"Winfield Jr.&#8217;s fianc\u00e9e, Teesa Mpagi, helped woman hit by car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"13e8b157-a75a-ff24-ae91-fa3d52ddf204\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/tb\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buccaneers<\/a> safety <a data-player-guid=\"c0e1bd25-df71-5919-32db-6db8a9f6aa8f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4034790\/antoine-winfield-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antoine Winfield Jr<\/a>.&#8217;s fianc\u00e9e, Teesa Mpagi, emerged as an unexpected hero on the way to Saturday&#8217;s Fanatics Flag Football Classic at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Mpagi rushed to aid a pedestrian struck by a car in front of the friends-and-family bus headed to the game, per eyewitnesses on the bus.<\/p>\n<p>A woman was hit by a car, prompting immediate action: Winfield&#8217;s fianc\u00e9e leaped off the bus without hesitation to provide aid, staying by the victim&#8217;s side, holding her hand, calling her husband for support and offering comfort until emergency vehicles arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48273785\/tom-brady-shines-team-usa-dominates-flag-football\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r1632000_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two EAG Sport employees, Alexandra Garcia and Cecilia Macris, joined to assist at the scene, while the CEO of EAG Denise White, directed traffic to keep the area clear.<\/p>\n<p>Winfield&#8217;s fianc\u00e9e didn&#8217;t stop there; she rode in the ambulance to the hospital alongside the injured woman, ensuring she wasn&#8217;t alone during the ordeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr.&#8217;s fianc\u00e9e, Teesa Mpagi, emerged as an unexpected hero on the way to Saturday&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-539028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}