The Syracuse Police Department will conclude its investigation of the fatal crash involving Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim next week, SPD Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said Tuesday in a statement.

Boeheim fatally struck Jorge Jimenez, 51, along Interstate 690 last Wednesday night. Jimenez died of his injuries and was transported to Upstate University Hospital. A second man, Osvaldo Rivera-Olivo, 49, was also struck by Boeheim’s vehicle but only suffered minor injuries, Malinowksi said.

Malinowski said SPD’s Traffic Section is reconstructing the scene of the crash to determine what caused it. The investigation should be completed by next week and sent to the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office for review, he said.  

Jimenez was a passenger in a car that crashed into a guardrail on the eastbound lane of I-690, Lt. David Brown of the SPD’s Traffic Section said at a Thursday press conference. Boeheim swerved to avoid the car and struck Jimenez. The second victim, Rivera-Olivo, was hit with a mirror of Boeheim’s vehicle, Brown said at the press conference.

Brown previously told The Daily Orange on Monday that SPD hoped to have the crash scene reconstruction finished by the end of this week. Speed does not appear to be a major factor in the crash, Brown said in a Monday email to The D.O.  

“At this time, it does not appear driver distraction or impairment was a contributing factor for either driver in either crash,” Malinowski said in the Tuesday statement.

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Published on February 26, 2019 at 3:04 pm

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