Statements, Questions in Wake of Boeheim Accident

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As Syracuse University prepared this week for what was anticipated to be the largest crowd to ever witness an on-campus college basketball game, news broke that head coach Jim Boeheim had struck and killed a pedestrian with his car.

Boeheim was driving on I-690 in upstate New York on Wednesday, only a couple hours removed from leading the Orange to a 69-49 win over 18th-ranked Louisville. In the process of swerving to avoid a stationery vehicle that was reportedly disabled by a previous accident, Boeheim struck one of the vehicle's four occupants, who by then was walking not far from the car. Jorge Jimenez, 51, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

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