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Detroit Lions star pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson was carted off the field Sunday with a broken tibia in the team’s 47-9 win against the Dallas Cowboys.

Early in the third quarter, Hutchinson injured himself after sacking Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. As he went to tackle the QB, his leg collided with a teammate’s leg and he immediately fell to the ground.

The third-year defensive end was eventually loaded onto a cart as players from both teams came to console him and fans at AT&T Stadium applauded.

The Lions would rule him out for the rest of the game due to a lower leg injury.

After the game, Detroit head coach Dan Campbell provided an update on Hutchinson, confirming it was a broken tibia that required immediate surgery and calling it “major.”

“He’s in good hands now,” Campbell told reporters after the match. ‘He is being taken care of. He’s staying here and he’ll obviously be out for a while, so that’s a tough guy. It’s hard when you lose someone like him.”

Campbell added that they will know more about the injury in the coming days and that he wishes him the “best.”

Hutchinson, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft, has 7.5 sacks in five games this season. In his 38 games in the league, he has 27.5 sacks.

Lions running back David Montgomery called Hutchinson’s injury an “unfortunate loss” for the team.

“A big, big, big blow for us and it’s just more personal for us now because of the kind of man Aidan is and the kind of character he has and what he brings to the locker room and this team,” Montgomery said. said, according to ESPN. “So I know for me personally, I’m going to take it very personally for a guy like Aidan because he was the heartbeat of this team, and he still will be.”

The Lions improved to 4-1 on the season with the blowout win, while the Cowboys fell to 3-3 on the year.

Detroit travels to Minnesota next Sunday to play Sam Darnold and the 5-0 Vikings, while Dallas heads to San Francisco to take on the 3-3 49ers.