{"id":93787,"date":"2026-05-09T04:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/atlanta-falcons-players-aunt-dead-at-49-after-car-wreck\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T04:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:22:28","slug":"atlanta-falcons-players-aunt-dead-at-49-after-car-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/atlanta-falcons-players-aunt-dead-at-49-after-car-wreck\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Falcons Players\u2019 Aunt Dead at 49 After Car Wreck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The aunt of Atlanta Falcons football players <strong>A.J.<\/strong> and <strong>Avieon Terrell<\/strong> is dead at age 49 after another vehicle crashed into her parked car in a Kroger parking lot in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giselle Perry<\/strong> was waiting for her mother, whom she dropped off at the Kroger, when the accident occurred at around 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, her husband, <strong>Laddyan Perry<\/strong>, told <em>Atlanta News First<\/em>. Laddyan described her as \u201cgreat, gorgeous, everything that\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video obtained by <em>Atlanta News First<\/em> shows a car speeding through the lot and colliding with Giselle\u2019s, which was parked near the entrance. The impact also sent other cars onto the sidewalk and injured a pedestrian. The pedestrian and driver of the vehicle were both taken to the hospital with serious injuries, WSB-TV reports.<\/p>\n<p>The driver\u2019s daughter, <strong>Tyeisha Wilson<\/strong>, told WSB that her mother \u201cblacked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t even know what was happening,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n<p>Wright added, \u201cI wanted to say my condolences and leave flowers for the woman. I\u2019m really sorry about what happened\u2026 but I just wish things could have happened differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both of Giselle\u2019s pro football nephews have paid tribute to her via Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m torn, Aunty. Heart is heavy, I love you,\u201d A.J., 27, wrote via his Instagram Story, according to WSB. He later added a black-and-white photo of Giselle with the text, \u201cI can still hear you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1996731127Fiancee-of-NFL-Star-Antoine-Winfield-Jr-Helped-Save-Woman-in-Car-Crash.jpg?crop=0px%2C104px%2C1582px%2C894px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1996731127Fiancee-of-NFL-Star-Antoine-Winfield-Jr-Helped-Save-Woman-in-Car-Crash.jpg?crop=0px%2C104px%2C1582px%2C894px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1996731127Fiancee-of-NFL-Star-Antoine-Winfield-Jr-Helped-Save-Woman-in-Car-Crash.jpg?crop=0px%2C104px%2C1582px%2C894px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1996731127Fiancee-of-NFL-Star-Antoine-Winfield-Jr-Helped-Save-Woman-in-Car-Crash.jpg?crop=0px%2C104px%2C1582px%2C894px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1996731127Fiancee-of-NFL-Star-Antoine-Winfield-Jr-Helped-Save-Woman-in-Car-Crash.jpg?crop=0px%2C104px%2C1582px%2C894px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1996731127Fiancee-of-NFL-Star-Antoine-Winfield-Jr-Helped-Save-Woman-in-Car-Crash.jpg?crop=0px%2C104px%2C1582px%2C894px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1996731127Fiancee-of-NFL-Star-Antoine-Winfield-Jr-Helped-Save-Woman-in-Car-Crash.jpg?crop=0px%2C104px%2C1582px%2C894px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1996731127Fiancee-of-NFL-Star-Antoine-Winfield-Jr-Helped-Save-Woman-in-Car-Crash.jpg?crop=0px%2C104px%2C1582px%2C894px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1996731127Fiancee-of-NFL-Star-Antoine-Winfield-Jr-Helped-Save-Woman-in-Car-Crash.jpg?crop=0px%2C104px%2C1582px%2C894px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Fiancee of NFL Star Antoine Winfield Jr Helped Save Woman in Car Crash\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Fiancee of NFL Star Antoine Winfield Jr. Helped Save Woman in Car Crash<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe friends-and-family bus ride to the Fanatics Flag Football Classic in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, March 21, took a dramatic and frightening turn when a woman was struck by a car in front of the bus. Thankfully, Teesa Mpagi, fianc\u00e9e of Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr., was there to step in. \u201cWinfield\u2019s [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Avieon, 21, also posted a black-and-white photo on Wednesday, following it up with a video the next day of himself at the Falcons\u2019 facility, walking out to practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor you, Aunty,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Witnesses to the accident described the terrifying scene in which Giselle\u2019s car was t-boned and pushed into a metal pole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe seen and heard the car coming and two seconds later, boom, a loud bang and all of us ran down there and checked it out and it was horrible,\u201d <strong>Tony Lackey<\/strong>, a barber who works nearby and was on a smoke break when the crash occurred, told WSB. \u201cIt looked like two of the cars had been in an explosion, like the car that she hit was t-boned because it was parked right there and brought all the way to the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A.J. and Avieon are both graduates of Clemson University. A.J. was the 16th overall pick by the Falcons in the 2020 NFL Draft and was named second-team All-Pro in 2021. Avieon is entering his rookie season as a second-round draft pick coming off a season in which he was named first-team All-ACC with the Tigers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aunt of Atlanta Falcons football players A.J. and Avieon Terrell is dead at age 49 after another vehicle crashed into her parked car in a Kroger parking lot in Atlanta, Georgia. 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