PHOENIX (AP) - Condolences poured in for retired NFL player Todd Heap and his family on Saturday, a day after police say the former Pro Bowl tight end accidentally ran over his 3-year-old daughter with a truck, killing her.
Heap was moving the truck at his home in Mesa, a Phoenix suburb, on Friday when he struck the girl, police said. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The Baltimore Ravens, Heap's longtime former team, called the accident "knee-buckling news and an overwhelming tragedy."
Heap spent 10 seasons with the Ravens, who selected him in the first round out of Arizona State in 2001.
He spent two seasons with the Cardinals before retiring with 42 career touchdowns.
He made the Pro Bowl after the 2002 and '03 seasons and was a second-team All-Pro in 2003.
Heap also is a member of the Raven's Ring of Honor.
