Former ESPN sportscaster ejected from RV crash onto busy Southern California freeway and survives

Former ESPN sportscaster Cordell Patrick was ejected from an RV during a Southern California freeway crash this week and suffered multiple broken bones

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Former ESPN sportscaster Cordell Patrick was ejected from an RV crash onto a busy Southern California freeway this week and lived to tell about it.

Covered in bandages, Patrick described the experience in hospital-bed interviews with Los Angeles-area TV news stations as he recovered from multiple broken bones.

“It was a blur. It was crazy. I don't know how I'm alive,” Patrick told KCAL/KCBS.

The crashed happened Monday on State Route 14 as Patrick and his wife were nearing their home in Valencia, just north of Los Angeles, after a camping trip. His wife was at the wheel of the recreational vehicle and Patrick got up to use the RV's restroom.

“I had just unbuckled my seat belt — it was unbuckled for five seconds,” Patrick told KTLA. “I noticed my wife had dozed off ... we are headed toward the median and I tried to grab the steering wheel, but before I could grab the steering wheel, we already had impact.”