The investigation into the hit-and-run incident involving the vehicle owned by Bills running back Marshawn Lynch has official gone from “unusual” to “downright freaking bizarre.”

 According to the Buffalo News, Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark expects to subpoena three Bills players, three team officials, and chief operating officer Russ Brandon.

And Ralph Wilson.  Yeah, that Ralph Wilson.  The nearly-ninety-year-old owner of the team.

The players to be subpoenaed are rookie wide receivers James Hardy and Steve Johnson, and second-year offensive lineman Christian Gaddis.

So what does Wilson know about an automobile accident that occurred in the wee hours of May 31?  Nothing, directly.  But assuming that at some point in the past two weeks Wilson or some other team official has asked Lynch point blank whether Lynch was driving the car and Lynch told Wilson or some other team official that he was, such statements could be used against Lynch in court.

Though some might think that such a statement would not be admitted because it is hearsay, the reality is that anything a party to a civil or criminal action says out of court can be introduced against the party at trial.  The thinking is that, if the person putting words in the party’s mouth is wrong, the party can get on the witness stand and say, “That’s not what I said.”

Still, the notion of nonagenarian being grilled before a jury about something that Lynch did or didn’t do is as strange as anything we’ve ever heard in all our years of following the NFL.

Meanwhile, here’s a PFTV segment on the issue.