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Dwayne Haskins Jr.’s New Jersey Funeral To Be Livestreamed Today

The second of three memorials is being held Saturday afternoon

A second memorial for Dwayne Haskins Jr., the former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who died this month in a tragic accident on a Florida Highway, is being held in New Jersey on Saturday afternoon.

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Todayโ€™s public memorial, planned and hosted by Haskinsโ€™ parents, is being held from noon until 3 p.m., at Christ Church in Rockaway, N.J. A livestream to allow fans and others who wish to pay respects remotely is accessible here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCZPYyFVPw8

Todayโ€™s service is the second of three memorials being held this weekend for Haskins. The first was yesterday in Pittsburgh, the final is Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Bullis School, his high school in Potomac, Maryland.

Haskinsโ€™ parents, Dwayne Haskins Sr. and Tamara Haskins, did not attend Fridayโ€™s service, which was coordinated by the Steelers along with Haskinsโ€™ widow, Kalabrya. The Haskins said that they had never met Kalabrya and did not want their sonโ€™s funeral to be the first time they met their daughter-in-law in person.

That service, held at Allegheny Center Alliance Church just over a mile from the Steelersโ€™ home stadium, was attended by Kalabrya, his former teammates from the Steelers and Washington Commanders, the teamโ€™s ownership, head coach Mike Tomlin and other football luminaries including former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Haskins was killed on April 9 when a dump truck struck him as he walked on Interstate 595 on his way to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. He had been in the area for voluntary offseason workouts with Steelers teammates. A Florida HIghway Patrol investigation into the accident hasnโ€™t been completed. But 911 recordings released earlier this week revealed that Haskinsโ€™ wife called emergency dispatchers from Pittsburgh after her husband told her the car he was driving ran out of gas and stopped responding to her phone calls shortly thereafter. Dwayne Haskins Jr. was 24 years old.

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