«It’s just a terrible, unfortunate accident.»
Syracuse University’s men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man who was walking on an interstate highway in Syracuse, New York just before midnight on Wednesday, authorities told Syracuse.com.
As more updates about the crash about the accident are discovered, here is everything there is to know about the crash:
Boeheim, 74, was driving on Interstate 690 when he hit Jorge Jimenez, 51, who was outside of his car on the highway from an unrelated accident due to the inclement weather, Sports Illustrated reported. Jimenez, who was a passenger in the car, exited the vehicle with the other occupants in the car, according to a statement from the Syracuse Police Department obtained by Syracuse.com.
“The occupants then exited the vehicle and proceeded to walk on the highway within close proximity to that vehicle,” Syracuse police said in the statement. “An oncoming vehicle noticed the disabled car and tried avoiding the vehicle, which was in the middle of the road.”
Authorities said Boeheim hit Jimenez while he standing on the side of the road, according to Syracuse.
