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Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highway

Police say Boeheim drove by and struck the pedestrian while trying to avoid the vehicle.
Credit: AP
Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim speaks to the media during a news conference at the Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA college basketball media day in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Police say Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a 51-year-old man walking outside his vehicle on a highway.

Syracuse police say the man had been in a car with some others before midnight Wednesday after their vehicle crashed.

Police say Boeheim drove by and struck the pedestrian while trying to avoid the vehicle.

Boeheim is cooperating with the investigation. Police say there was no sign that Boeheim was impaired. No tickets have been issued to Boeheim at this time.

Syracuse defeated Louisville 69-49 Wednesday night during a home game.

Boeheim released a statement through the university's Facebook page. 

Statement from Jim Boeheim

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