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Jim Boeheim Cleared by Police in Car Accident That Killed Jorge Jimenez

Investigators cleared Syracuse Orange head coach Jim Boeheim of any wrongdoing in the car accident on Feb. 20 in Syracuse, New York, that left a pedestrian dead, according to ESPN.com.

Boeheim was driving his GMC Acadia when he struck Jorge Jimenez. Jimenez had been standing next to a disabled car on a stretch of Interstate 690.

"As I get to the front of the vehicle, I observed what I believe is a person along the guardrail; there might have been more than one person," Boeheim said in the official report. "Then a split second later, I hear a loud bang, and I start coming to a stop.