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"Former New York Giants great Lawrence Taylor was arrested Sunday night for leaving the scene of a crash in Miami-Dade, according to jail records.
Taylor, 50, was booked into jail at 9:57 p.m. and released a short time later on $500 bond.
The crash happened about 6:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway at Northwest 103rd Street, authorities said.
The crash tore off the front right tire on Taylor's 2009 Cadillac Escalade, and he drove about two miles on the axle before pulling off the road, authorities said.
"There was significant damage to his car," said Lt. James Durden of the Florida Highway Patrol.
When police spotted him, he was standing outside the SUV talking on his cellphone.
He told police that he thought he had hit a guardrail."
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