Man injured in crash with Nuggets' player J.R. Smith dies
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Man injured in crash with Nuggets' player J.R. Smith dies
6/11/2007, 9:15 p.m. CDT
The Associated Press
NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) — 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.
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