OT- Jim Boeheim Hits And Kills Man

[storrsroars]

Yes we do: Was he driving while picking his nose?

Thank you for taking one for the team with that so the rest of us didn't have to post it.

Truly feel bad horrible for the victim's family & friends and the Boeheims. But I'd be lying if I said there wasn't an immediate urge to go for a cheap laugh.

 

[CL82]

More details...
The story states that a previous crash had led to a passenger in that car — 51-year old Syracuse resident Jorge Jimenez — exiting onto the freeway. Jimenez was then struck by Boeheim’s car shortly thereafter. Boeheim recorded a BAC of 0.00 at the scene.

• Boeheim swerved to avoid the disabled vehicle and hit Jimenez, who was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead (autopsy will determine exact cause of death)
• As the BAC of 0.00 indicates, alcohol has been ruled out and Boeheim was fully cooperative with police
• Boeheim will not be charged at this time

Read a little on the 'cuse board. One poster says that the spot where the accident happened would be where JB would have gotten on the highway and that there is a blind curve there. So it sounds like JB entered went around the curve and then saw the car, tried to avoid it and hit Jimenez. If that is the case, it seems like it was unavoidable.

Really tragic for all involved.

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[jibsey]

As a college kid I painted signs on the NYS thruway on a scaffold one summer. My knees have just stopped shaking.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

That’s horrible. We love to pick on and make fun of the guy, but I would never wish the burden of grief he’s going to have for the rest of his life on anyone.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Asleep at the wheel?

Too soon?

Probably too soon

 

[RichCTBB]

That’s horrible. We love to pick on and make fun of the guy, but I would never wish the burden of grief he’s going to have for the rest of his life on anyone.

Agreed. This is beyond the little game of basketball. Prayers for the families impacted by this tragedy.

 

[RichCTBB]

If you have to ask if it's too soon, it's too soon.

 

[Jaker]

I was driving home in a blizzard a couple weeks ago at around midnight, could barely see past my front bumper, almost hit some idiot walking down the middle of the road, he had ditched his car. Scared the shart out of me.

 

[StingLykOllie]

Too soon.


(I did laugh though. Pretty sure I'm going to hell for that.)

 

[upstater]

Some guy wearing all black was riding his bike on the shoulder over a bridge last night, no lights on the bridge. Looked back and saw the car behind me swerve to avoid him. It was tight. People do crazy things.

I say this as I attended the funeral of my friend's Dad in Virginia 3 weeks ago, hit and run during the daytime. Someone tried to pass a car that slowed down as the Dad walked across the road in the crosswalk. The pickup didn't see him crossing, it went around the slowing vehicle, plowed into him, stopped, and then sped away. He died minutes later. The police never found him despite eyewitness descriptions.

 

[Fishy]

Sounds like the car was in the middle of the road after an accident. Guy who got out was probably distracted and not thinking about other cars.

I see people standing in harm’s way all the time on my commute, especially these times when potholes are blowing tires out left and right - their first instinct is to check the damage. They don’t think about how fast cars close on them at 70 mph.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Never ever ever ever get out of your car on the highway. I don’t wish this guilt and trauma on anyone. I’m not sure I’d be able to close my eyes without reliving this.

 

[cohenzone]

Wow. I was visiting my son and family near Cuse from the weekend through yesterday, was on that same highway the day before. My grandson was excited that the Orange beat LVille last night. Boeheim probably on the way home from the Dome. And just about everyone in the area is a Cuse fan, so it would be unusal if the victim wasn't. Terrible.

 

[UconnU]

Things you don’t want to read in the headlines on social media. “(Your team’s coach) is now cooperating with police”.

 

[Dooley]

Very sad indeed. My thoughts are with the victim's family. Terrible news

 

[RoderickSpode]

Sounds like a really unfortunate accident that could happen to anyone driving late at night. Terrible.

 

[elmcityboy]

Syracuse Basketball Coach Boeheim the Driver in Fatal Pedestrian Crash

image of the crash site. i heard about it on wfan this morning. sad, shocking news.

 

[Deepster]

When I see the thread title, I keep thinking.....

Boeheimian Rhapsody

Boeheim.......just killed a man.
Didn't see him up ahead.....hit the gas and now he's dead.......

I know. I'm going to hell and I'm fine with it.

 

[tduconn]

Sounds like the car was in the middle of the road after an accident. Guy who got out was probably distracted and not thinking about other cars.

I see people standing in harm’s way all the time on my commute, especially these times when potholes are blowing tires out left and right - their first instinct is to check the damage. They don’t think about how fast cars close on them at 70 mph.

To put it in another perspective, to convert MPH to Ft/sec, multiply MPH X 1.5. Not exact conversion, but close enough.

e.g. 60 MPH = 90 ft/sec.

Imagine running from home plate to 1st base in one second!

 

[Deepster]

I'm just a poor boy, Bernie Fine touched me....
HE'S JUST A POOR BOY, BERNIE FINE TOUCHED HIM!

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Based on that picture and all accounts, it appears this was a very, very tragic accident where no one was at fault.

 

[upstater]

Wow. I was visiting my son and family near Cuse from the weekend through yesterday, was on that same highway the day before. My grandson was excited that the Orange beat LVille last night. Boeheim probably on the way home from the Dome. And just about everyone in the area is a Cuse fan, so it would be unusal if the victim wasn't. Terrible.

690 is one of those very old poorly designed highways that is a nightmare for the unfamiliar.

I wonder what it would feel like to be from, say, Oak Ridge Tennessee, and find yourself driving on the BQE one day. I bet they'd choose to rather drive on an unpaved mountain pass without a guardrail, the road wide enough for 1 1/2 cars.

 

[cohenzone]

690 is one of those very old poorly designed highways that is a nightmare for the unfamiliar.

I wonder what it would feel like to be from, say, Oak Ridge Tennessee, and find yourself driving on the BQE one day. I bet they'd choose to rather drive on an unpaved mountain pass without a guardrail, the road wide enough for 1 1/2 cars.

The merges in some of the intersections of 690, 81 and 481 I’m still getting used to despite many trips to the area.

 

[CL82]

When I see the thread title, I keep thinking.....

Boeheimian Rhapsody

Boeheim..just killed a man.
Didn't see him up ahead.....hit the gas and now he's dead..

I know. I'm going to hell and I'm fine with it.

Thought about the song as well but decided not to run with it.

 

[djct1999]

As much as I enjoy talking trash about the Cuse and their head coach, this is incredibly sad and I do not wish this on anyone. For the first time in my life, I really feel bad for him.