NFT: Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim hits, kills man walking on I-690

Terrible accident.
https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2019/02/syracuse-coach-jim-boeheim-hits-kills-man-walking-on-i-690.html - ( New Window )

Feel terrible for that man and his family, and also for Boeheim. I can't imagine having to live with something like that, even not being his fault the damage it would do mentally is something I wouldnt wish on anyone.

On a side note, what happened to B in ALB?

That's horrible.

Getting out of your car on the interstate is always dangerous.

Obviously horrible for the man and his family, and terrible for Boeheim to carry with him.

wind up 'in the middle of the road'? Guard rails are designed (not always successfully) to absorb impact, not bounce the colliding vehicle off it.

Hasn't it been snowing up there? I could see a vehicle hitting a guard rail and sliding to the middle of the road in that instance.

down here, NE Westchester Co., still shoveling, not sure what it was doing in central NYS. But, yes, a glancing hit on the guardrail could have re-directed the vehicle toward the middle of the road. Points taken

...and the hogs ate him.

I live in Cuse, it was crappy here last night with temperatures around freezing and rain, I could certainly envision 690 being slick enough to have an accident with a car bouncing off the rail. From what I’ve read, it was in the middle of the road, several people got out of the car and were near the vehicle, Boeheim swerved to avoid the vehicle and hit one of them.

As mook said, terrible for the family who lost a loved one and terrible that Boeheim will have to live with that.

In comment 14302080 ColHowPepper said:

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wind up 'in the middle of the road'? Guard rails are designed (not always successfully) to absorb impact, not bounce the colliding vehicle off it.

Ice

besides the obvious. If you're involved in a tragic accident you want to be able to blow a 0.0 like Boeheim did. Not "under the legal limit" but nada, zippo.

In comment 14302080 ColHowPepper said:

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wind up 'in the middle of the road'? Guard rails are designed (not always successfully) to absorb impact, not bounce the colliding vehicle off it.

Speed would be a factor in the car ending back up in the middle of the road

is awful. RIP. God bless.

RIP to the victim, and to Coach Boeheim, who is the victim of misfortune in this situation.

In comment 14302080 ColHowPepper said:

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wind up 'in the middle of the road'? Guard rails are designed (not always successfully) to absorb impact, not bounce the colliding vehicle off it.

I live in the area. It snowed in the morning, then came sleet. then rain that was freezing. The roads were treacherous and the roads so slippery with wet ice that it was like playing bumper cars. Hard to steer, impossible to brake, etc.

In comment 14302001 figgy2989 said:

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On a side note, what happened to B in ALB?

I didn't realize it until I saw your question but evidently he got suspended again.

In comment 14302219 Crispino said:

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RIP to the victim, and to Coach Boeheim, who is the victim of misfortune in this situation.

I have to ask. Was there alcohol involved?

In comment 14302659 Boy Cord said:

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I have to ask. Was there alcohol involved?

No. (At least not the driver. The victim wasn't the driver - I haven't seen anything about whether he'd been drinking or not).

“Field sobriety and alco-sensor tests for both drivers were negative for any signs of impairment,” police said. ... Boeheim was taken to Syracuse police headquarters downtown, where he was questioned and released. Boeheim’s blood-alcohol registered a .00, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick confirmed. ... Friends and family tell Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard that Boeheim does not drink alcohol.

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It was just a miserable, icy night last night, at least here in NYC so I can imagine in Syracuse. Very tragic. I think the moral of the story is don't get out of your car onto a highway if you can possibly avoid it.

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In comment 14302659 Boy Cord said:

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In comment 14302219 Crispino said: Quote: RIP to the victim, and to Coach Boeheim, who is the victim of misfortune in this situation. I have to ask. Was there alcohol involved?

I am glad you felt compelled to ask this.

in inclement weather. Prayers for all involved including coach.

the years, Boeheim is apparently a teetotaler.

He was on a bike and ride it into traffic. Totally his fault. He didn’t die, but it was very bad. I am haunted by it to this day. I could barely function for weeks. I went to work but I wasn’t “there.” I can’t imagine having to be at the top of my game a couple days later like he has to. Terrible. Just terrible for him and the family.

In comment 14302884 Steve L said:

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He was on a bike and ride it into traffic. Totally his fault. He didn’t die, but it was very bad. I am haunted by it to this day. I could barely function for weeks. I went to work but I wasn’t “there.” I can’t imagine having to be at the top of my game a couple days later like he has to. Terrible. Just terrible for him and the family.

I witnessed one like that on Rt 46 in Little Ferry NJ back in the early 90's. Night, kid was very lucky, launched off windshield into a telephone pole on the corner. I was first there. Only a dislocated shoulder. Coulda been dead.