Former Mets Star Lenny Dykstra Helps Pair After Crash

NORTH FORK, NY — Former Mets star Lenny Dykstra won some new fans Tuesday after he stopped to help motorists after a crash on the North Fork.

According to a Tweet and video by Dykstra, he was the "first at the scene" of the crash and called 911.

Jewel Escobar, 18, who was driving the car, said the crash took place Tuesday on Main Road and Herricks Lane in Jamesport.

"As a man of the people, I'm here to do whatever I can to help. I think I did that," Dykstra said. He added that the female driver was "shaken up" but he assured her it would be okay. "The bottom line is — Nails never fails," Dykstra said.

Dykstra said that was on the North Fork with his "one of New York's best attorney's Ron Hariri" and said the pair helped the two who were in the vehicle, "called 911, and everybody is safe."

Escobar described how the former baseball star helped.

"It’s actually quite funny how it played out, days after," Escobar said. "When I got into the accident I was with my friend. As it was my first accident I had no idea what to do. If it weren’t for my friend I probably wouldn’t have know what to do first. He got out to see the damage and I stayed in the car, actually for 30 minutes until my mom came," she said.

As she was sitting there in the car, Escobar said: "This man comes to my window and I roll it down for him. I don’t remember exactly what he said but it was something along the line of, 'Hello, My name is Lenny, I called the police and took photos of the accident and license plate for you.' I said 'Thank you,' introduced myself, and asked for his name again and he said, 'Lenny Dykstra, I used to play baseball for the Mets.'"

Preoccupied, Escobar said she just smiled, and then, the police arrived.

"Thinking about the accident after, I told my family that the man who helped me said he played baseball but I couldn’t remember his name," she said.

The next day, Escobar said her my mom showed her his Tweet and video. Looking at the video on Twitter, Escobar said, "Lo and behold, there was my car behind Lenny Dykstra, who was talking about helping me. As I’m only 18, I didn’t know who he was, but I was practically briefed by my family members about his career. I’m very grateful he was there and helped to calm me down. I reached out to him saying how appreciative I was and he responded back with nothing but kind words. I’m grateful everyone is okay," she said.

Dykstra, the famous spark plug called "Nails" who led the Mets and Phillies to the World Series, has made headlines in past years with legal trouble; most recently he was charged in May, 2018 with allegedly threatening to kill a New Jersey Uber driver, police said.

The man who hit big home runs and energized two championship baseball teams also had coke and MDMA on him, police said.

Here are some videos of Dykstra's accomplishments as a Met and a Phillie:

Patch photo courtesy Twitter.