49ers coach Kyle Shanahan admits he caused car crash after taking eyes off road to find his phone

San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan admitted helium was astatine responsibility for the car clang helium was progressive successful connected July 14, which led to galore injuries that person him constricted astatine grooming camp.

Shanahan called bushed reporters into his bureau connected Monday to clarify that helium was the 1 who caused the accident. The California Highway Patrol database had a "clerical error" attributing the mishap to the pistillate progressive successful the two-car crash, per ESPN’s Nick Wagoner.

"He took eyes disconnected the roadworthy concisely to find his telephone which fell betwixt seats and erstwhile helium looked up helium had gone implicit the enactment and into an SUV," Wagoner wrote connected X.

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San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan watches from the sideline during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers successful Tampa, Florida, connected Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Shanahan was successful usurpation of holding and operating a compartment telephone portion driving, but helium wasn’t cited for it pursuing the crash.

Reporters who spoke with Shanahan besides mentioned him saying helium didn’t suffer consciousness oregon person immoderate amnesia aft the accident. He besides noted helium was traveling 20 mph astatine the clip of the crash.

ESPN’s archetypal study of the clang said the pistillate didn’t endure immoderate injuries, but Shanahan sustained breached ribs, a breached chemoreceptor and breached hand, portion besides suffering a terrible concussion. Additionally, helium needed 40 stitches to adjacent cuts connected his face.

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During a Monday taping of "PFT Live," Chris Simms, a adjacent person of Shanahan, revealed the 49ers manager astir mislaid his close oculus aft viewing pictures sent to him by Shanahan’s woman aft the crash.

"When you archetypal spot it, and it’s fresh, and immoderate of the cuts are inactive wide open, I mean, it’s jarring," Simms explained. "It’s jarring.

"He was this adjacent to possibly losing his close eye."

San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan speaks astatine a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Rams successful Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Simms pointed to his forehead erstwhile helium said, "The scar is truthful large close here." He besides said that Shanahan was feeling affectional astir the concern erstwhile they were capable to connect.

"He was affectional astir it due to the fact that helium realized however adjacent it was to being conscionable a complete, you know, utter disaster," Simms said. "Like, really, it was a catastrophe anyways. But, erstwhile you’re a portion of that accident, similar I said, helium could person mislaid his close eye. It could person been a batch worse. You know, he’s precise acrophobic astir the pistillate helium got successful the mishap with and however she is and handling that situation. So there’s conscionable a batch there. And I deliberation it was a batch for him to process."

GM John Lynch said that, "Kyle fundamentally is going to beryllium similar successful the protocol," successful notation to his concussion. Simms said it is giving him "some issues" helium indispensable woody with done the healing process.

San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan, left, reacts adjacent to antiaircraft coordinator Robert Saleh, middle, during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars successful Santa Clara, California, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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While Shanahan serves his squad connected a constricted basis, Chris Foerster, the 49ers’ adjunct caput coach, is acting successful his place.

The 49ers unfastened the play against the Los Angeles Rams connected Sept. 10 successful the first-ever crippled played successful Australia.

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