UFC lightweight Desmond Green was facing multiple traffic issues at the time of a five-vehicle accident he was involved in that left two people dead.

The Florida Highway Patrol said Green lost lost control of his 2011 Dodge Durango on Sunday morning on Interstate 75, veering into the path of a truck with a trailer in the next lane. There was a chain-reaction crash involving three other vehicles that killed two passengers in a Toyota Yaris – Emelina Morfa, 67, and Emma Suarez Hernandez, 76 – while the driver was seriously injured. Green and another driver emerged with only minor injuries.

Authorities shut down the freeway for several hours to collect evidence and clear the scene. They’re investigating why Green lost control of his SUV.

Two weeks before the accident, Green, 28, was cited for driving with a suspended license and no proof of insurance after a fender bender in Deerfield Beach, Fla., that caused less than $1,000 in damage. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 6.

Green also was pulled over by Fort Lauderdale Police on April 20 for expired registration tags. An officer said “a smell of cannabis emitted from the vehicle” upon contacting Green, who then admitted to having marijuana and “mushrooms” in the vehicle, which were stuffed in his shoe in two separate bags.

Green was cited for the marijuana and expired tags and was ordered to appear in court. When he later failed to appear, a capias warrant was issued for his arrest, but he was able to reverse the order and postpone his appearance until Aug. 30.

Green did not respond to a request for comment.

Toxicology results for Green’s most recent Aug. 19 traffic accident will play a much bigger role than his pending citations, a criminal defense attorney told MMAjunkie.

“The Broward state attorney’s office, they’re going to be more focused on the incident at hand, because that’s what’s relevant,” said Richard Ansara, senior partner at Ansara Law Firm. “If they want to go after him, they’re going to go after him through that.”

Ansara said investigators could be looking into Green’s whereabouts earlier that day and whether he consumed alcohol.

Green (21-7 MMA, 2-2 UFC) is scheduled to face Mairbek Taisumov (27-5 MMA, 6-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 136, which takes place Sept. 15 at Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Moscow. Taisumov said on social media that the fight is still on.

“The UFC sent a message that Green had undergone an additional examination, the fight remains in the card,” he wrote (via Instagram).

Green most recently appeared in the octagon in June at UFC Fight Night 131, where he outpointed veteran Gleison Tibau to snap a two-fight skid.

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