Dwayne Owens, 32, drove a Mercedes through a red light at 79th Street and Racine Avenue on Friday and crashed into a Jeep, sending it into a bus stop at the corner, authorities said.
Coach Todd Bowles said the 45-year-old quarterback’s break from practice was arranged before camp began, adding that Brady won’t return until after the Bucs’ preseason game at Tennessee on Aug. 20.
“You talked to him for even a few minutes [and] you had nothing but warmth toward him,” said his brother, journalist Ellis Cose, an author and former Sun-Times columnist.