Brannen Greene, the 2013 AJC Player of the Year from Tift County, suffered minor injuries in a fiery car accident in New York over the weekend.

Greene's father, Jeff, described the incident, to KUSports.com:

"The car was struck from behind with so much force it immediately went airborne, came down on a guardrail (with Brannen in back seat), went airborne again and caught fire. It exploded no more than five seconds after he escaped through an opening in a shattered window. 

"Everything in the car — his phone, his computer, his luggage was burned and destroyed. The police said Brannen should not have survived. He walked away from it with a terrible headache, all-over body aches but for the most part he's just dealing with mental trauma."

The Uber driver was not injured. A passenger in the other vehicle sought medical treatment.

Greene, who did not seek immediate medical attention did go to the hospital a day later after his father insisted he get checked out. He expressed his thanks to well-wishers Sunday on Twitter:

This Tweet shows the wreckage from the fire:

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