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San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan nearly lost his eye in a horrific car crash earlier this month, his close friend Chris Simms revealed on Monday.<\/p>\n

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The former NFL quarterback explained on \u201cPFT Live\u201d that pictures Shanahan\u2019s wife sent him just after the July 14 accident showed the coach was \u201cthis close\u201d to being permanently disfigured.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you first see it, and it\u2019s fresh, and some of the cuts are still wide open, I mean, it\u2019s jarring,\u201d Simms said. \u201cIt\u2019s jarring.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was this close to maybe losing his right eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shanahan\u2019s vehicle collided with another shortly after 6 p.m. on a roadway near his Palo Alto, Calif. home. The 46-year-old sustained a concussion, a broken hand, a broken nose and fractured ribs. <\/p>\n

He also needed 40 stitches on his face to close a wound that Simms said was horrific.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scar is so big right here,\u201d Simms said while pointing to his forehead. \u201cAnd so all that stuff was just crazy to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simms did not get into specifics of the accident, though he did note the other driver involved was a woman.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe was emotional about it, because he realized how close it was to being just a complete, you know, utter disaster,\u201d Simms said. \u201cLike, really, it was a disaster anyways. But, you know, when you\u2019re a part of that accident, like I said, he could have lost his right eye. It could have been a lot worse. You know, he\u2019s very concerned about the woman he got in the accident with and how she is and handling that situation. So there\u2019s just a lot there. And I think it was a lot for him to process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simms said Shanahan\u2019s been \u201chealing,\u201d but he also noted the concussion is giving the Niners\u2019 sideline manager \u201csome issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s still dealing with that,\u201d Simms said.<\/p>\n

Shanahan made an appearance at 49ers practice on Sunday, but he obscured his face with a baseball cap, sunglasses and a mustache. Team general manager John Lynch said on Saturday Shanahan would coach only as much as his body and doctors would allow.<\/p>\n

\u201cKyle basically is going to be like in the protocol,\u201d Lynch said.<\/p>\n

Assistant head coach Chris Foerster has been acting as interim head coach in Shanahan\u2019s stead.<\/p>\n

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