I hope all the families and those involved have the support they need.
I hear JR is inconsolable. He made a mistake, but we all do, i hope he can recover from this. I cant imagine what it must be like to live with a loss of a good friend, especially in a car you were driving.
Link
Passenger in Smith car dies; player doing OK
ESPN.com news services
Updated: June 11, 2007, 9:16 PM ET
NEPTUNE, N.J. -- A New Jersey man who was thrown from Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith's sport utility vehicle when it overturned last weekend died Monday night in the hospital, state police said.
Andre Bell, 21, was sitting in the back seat of the vehicle Smith was driving when it went through a stop sign, collided with another car and flipped over at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Millstone Township.
Bell, who was in a coma, died from head injuries at 6 p.m. at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, said state police spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones.
Smith, 21, who was also thrown from the sport vehicle, remained at Jersey Shore on Monday with an injured left shoulder and numerous scratches, Jones said.
Neither Smith nor Bell were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash, he said.
Nuggets spokesman Eric Sebastian said he did not know when Smith might be discharged.
"I think it's too early to say," Sebastian said. "From everything we hear, he's going to be OK."
Sebastian said he did not know if Smith would miss any training, but added, "We didn't hear anything that would indicate his career would be jeopardized in any way."
Smith has been issued two traffic tickets for failure to stop at stop sign and improper passing, Jones said. Both carry fines, though the amount was not immediately available.
A third person in Smith's car and the driver of the car he hit had only minor injuries.
Smith had been a star at Lakewood High School and St. Benedict's Prep in Newark before being the 18th overall pick of New Orleans in the 2004 NBA draft. He averaged 13.0 points in 63 games for Denver this past season.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
That's really sad. I hope Bell's family have all the suport to overcome their lost.
This could be really serious for JR Smith. Apparently (and this is all what i heard reported on 760 this morning) Smith went around a car stopped at the stop sign, and barreld through the intersection into the other car.
JR was ticketed for failing to stop, and passing another vehicle illegally, one can only assume there will be talk of manslaughter charges.
This asshole should be charged with involuntary manslaughter. The league needs to look into this like they do in football as well.
There seems to be a lot of unfortunate events happening to professional athletes in Denver.
Nevermind...
Very sad.
Last edited by sa_butta; 06-12-2007 at 11:18 AM.
Reminds me of Dany Heatley from the NHL...
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