By Mike Cranston
AP Sports Writer
 
December 17, 2009
 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died, one day after suffering serious injuries upon falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities describe as a domestic dispute with his fiancee.
 
Police say Henry died at 6:36 a.m. Thursday. Henry was 26.
 
Away from the team because of a broken forearm, Henry was rushed to the hospital Wednesday after being found on a residential road. Police say a dispute began at a home about a half-mile away, and Henry jumped into the bed of the pickup truck as his fiancee was driving away from the residence.
 
Police said at some point when she was driving, Henry "came out of the back of the vehicle."
 
Meanwhile, teary Cincinnati Bengals players held a somber practice Thursday.
 
Receiver Chad Ochocinco sniffled and blinked back tears, saying he didn't see how "Chris was supposed to go already." Henry died early Thursday at a hospital in Charlotte, N.C.
 
Ochocinco wore Henry's white No. 15 practice jersey to an afternoon workout that was subdued -- no joking, no laughing. The Bengals (9-4) can clinch the AFC North title with a victory on Sunday in San Diego.
 
Quarterback Carson Palmer says the team should dedicate the season to Henry and defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer's wife, who died in October.