UPDATE: Family of 69-Year-Old Grease Truck Driver Brutally Beaten by Mark Sanchez Speaks Out

It was supposed to be another quiet Saturday morning in Indianapolis — until everything went horribly wrong.

Just after dawn, a 69-year-old grease truck driver, known by his coworkers as “Tom,” pulled up behind a downtown restaurant to do his routine oil collection. Minutes later, he’d be fighting for his life.

“I still can’t believe it,” said his daughter, her voice trembling. “My dad was just doing his job. He’s been working that same route for nearly twenty years. He didn’t deserve this.”

According to witnesses, the man who att@cked him was none other than former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez, who reportedly stumbled out of a nearby bar, smelling of alcohol and “barely able to stand straight.” One eyewitness recalled the chilling moment: “He just started yelling at the old man for no reason — then suddenly grabbed him by the shirt and slammed him into the wall. It was chaos.”

The confrontation escalated in seconds. The elderly driver, cornered and terrified, reportedly tried to push Sanchez away. But when the ex-athlete swung again, the driver defended himself — st@bbing Sanchez once in the chest. “He didn’t want to hurt anyone,” said the driver’s son. “He just wanted to go home alive.”

Paramedics arrived to find Sanchez bleeding heavily, the old man in shock, his face slashed open. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors treated deep cuts to his cheek and tongue, as well as several fractures. “He’s doing OK,” the family told reporters. “But he’ll carry those scars forever — inside and out.”

Police later confirmed Sanchez, 38, was hospitalized in critical condition before being released into custody for questioning.

As the story broke, social media erupted.
“Mark Sanchez? The same guy from the Jets? Unbelievable,” one post read.
Another user wrote, “That poor man was just trying to work. Fame doesn’t give you the right to att@ck someone.”
Thousands of comments flooded X and Facebook, with most demanding justice for the victim and accountability from Sanchez.

Outside the hospital, Tom’s wife stood beside him, holding his hand as he tried to speak through bandages and pain. “He keeps asking, ‘Why would someone do that to me?’” she whispered. “I don’t have an answer.”

For now, the family says they just want peace — and justice. “No one,” his daughter said, “should ever be beaten for simply doing their job. Not my dad. Not anyone.”

As for Mark Sanchez, police say the investigation is ongoing. But the question remains — what really happened in those few violent seconds that turned a quiet work shift into a national headline?

And while the NFL star recovers from his own wounds, a 69-year-old man lies in a hospital bed, haunted by a single thought: “I was just trying to do my job.”