By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 3/3/2013 11:13 A.M. ET
TAMPA, Fla. -- Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki avoided injury when his sport utility vehicle was totaled in a three-car wreck about three miles from George M. Steinbrenner Field on Saturday afternoon.
Ichiro was traveling southbound on Dale Mabry Highway around 4 p.m. ET on Saturday when his vehicle struck another driver who was attempting to make a left turn onto West Kennedy Boulevard.
Ichiro said that the point of impact was on the drivers' side of his vehicle and that his air bags deployed in the accident.
"The car was turning left and turned into me," Ichiro said through his interpreter, Allen Turner. "I slammed on the brakes and couldn't do anything about it, but I had the green light."
The driver of the car that hit Ichiro's Land Rover was cited for failure to yield and struck another vehicle, according to the Tampa Police Department. Ichiro said that no one was injured in the accident.
"I realize that air bags actually do exist," Ichiro said. "Obviously, I've never seen one before. You can trust the car makers that they do make good air bags and safe cars."
Ichiro was not scheduled to make Sunday's road trip to play the Red Sox in Fort Myers, Fla., and it is not believed that Ichiro will have to miss any Grapefruit League games.
"I almost want my body to kind of feel like I got hit or something," Ichiro said. "My body just didn't react, I guess. Nothing. I guess you can say that you're going to have to do a lot worse to have me get hurt."
The Yankees recommended that Ichiro be evaluated by doctors for precautionary reasons following his workout at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Sunday.
"I'm under the assumption that he'll be able to play Tuesday," manager Joe Girardi said. "We spoke to him last night and he was told to let us know if he had to go to the hospital or was feeling any pain. He never called."
The Yankees can ill afford another spring outfield injury after Curtis Granderson fractured his right forearm earlier in camp, sidelining the slugger until May.
It was the second car accident of the Yankees' spring. Last month, Minor League pitcher Nick Goody sprained his ankle in a multiple vehicle accident on Florida's Interstate 4; Goody was sent to Minor League camp on Saturday.
Ichiro, who was alone in his car at the time of the accident, said that Saturday's wreck was his first automobile accident while behind the wheel, but not his first experience altogether.
"When I was in high school, I was on a bicycle and I got hit by a car," Ichiro said. "Ever since then, I've been really aware and really careful, to the point where I look everywhere.
"As a driver, I'm very careful and very aware of the situation. I'm probably the worst backseat driver, because I see everything and I tell the driver, 'Be careful,' a lot. So I'm a very careful driver."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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