Early last week, Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez left the team’s training facility in Florida to head back to his native Venezuela for “personal reasons.” Over the weekend, various media outlets broke the news that K-Rod was forced to fly home to tend to his two brothers, who were involved in a serious car crash.

Apparently, Rodriguez’s two younger brothers – Leandro and Erik – were in the middle of a 10-hour drive across Venezuela when the accident occurred. Erik had just taken the wheel at approximately 3 AM on Wednesday when he fell asleep and lost control of the family’s truck, flipping it multiple times. The vehicle eventually came to rest at the bottom of a ravine and burst into flames soon after all the passengers were able to extricate themselves from the cabin.

“They were sitting on the side of the road for four hours until somebody stopped by and picked them up and took them to the hospital,” said Rodriguez. “That’s when I found out and headed back [home].”

While Erik’s injuries were limited to a broken arm, Leandro suffered a broken ankle, knee and arm as well as fractures to both legs and hips, ESPN.com reports.

Rodriguez was back with the Mets on Sunday and is expected to be ready for the season opener Monday.