Death Of John Elway's Longtime Agent Ruled 'tragic Accident,' Sheriff Says

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Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway will debar charges successful nan decease of his supplier Jeff Sperbeck, who died successful April from injuries sustained successful a play car crash, an charismatic said Friday.

Riverside County, California, Sheriff Chad Bianco told 9News successful Denver that nan fatal play cart clang was thing much than a "tragic accident" and that nan investigation into nan decease has been completed.

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Denver Broncos backmost John Elway, #7, walks nan sidelines during nan closing minutes of Super Bowl XXIV against nan San Francisco 49ers connected Jan. 28, 1990 successful New Orleans. (MICHAEL MADRID / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"It’s over. We’ve talked to everyone progressive and we recovered thing new. There was thing criminal, it was what we’ve been saying each on that this was a tragic accident," Bianco told nan station.

Sperbeck, 62, died astatine a play people successful California erstwhile he fell from nan play cart that Elway was driving. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office ruled that his death was accidental owed to blunt caput trauma.

"I’ve looked astatine video 100 times and there’s nary mentation arsenic to why he fell off, he conscionable fell off," Bianco added.

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Denver Broncos president of shot operations John Elway watches from nan sidelines during nan crippled against nan Las Vegas Raiders astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Paradise, Nevada, connected Dec. 26, 2021. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

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Upon Sperbeck’s death, Elway released a statement.

"I americium perfectly devastated and heartbroken by nan passing of my adjacent friend, business partner and supplier Jeff Sperbeck," Elway said successful a statement, via ESPN. "There are nary words to genuinely definitive nan profound sadness I consciousness pinch nan abrupt nonaccomplishment of personification who has meant truthful overmuch to me.

"My bosom and deepest sympathies spell retired to Jeff’s wife, Cori; his children Carly, Sam and Jackson; and everyone who knew and loved him. Jeff will beryllium profoundly missed for nan loyalty, wisdom, relationship and emotion he brought into my life and nan lives of truthful galore others."

John Elway's longtime supplier Jeff Sperbeck

Jeff Sperbeck, left, and John Elway. (Instagram/IMAGN)

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Sperbeck had been Elway’s supplier since 1990. The 2 collaborated connected respective business ventures arsenic well.

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