Jim Boeheim, Syracuse Basketball Coach, Kills Pedestrian in Crash: ‘I Am Heartbroken’
Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim hit and killed a man who was walking along a highway in upstate New York night Wednesday night to examine his own vehicle after a crash, authorities confirmed.
The man, now identified as 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez, was driving with three other friends when their car “lost control on the highway” and hit a guardrail, Syracuse police said in a Thursday news release.
“The occupants then exited the vehicle and proceeded to walk on the highway within close proximity to that vehicle,” police said, adding the crash occurred for “unknown reasons.”
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