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Ex-NBA star ‘Mookie’ Blaylock out of hospital, in jail; charged in fatal car crash

FILE - In this 1998 file handout photo provided by the NBA, Atlanta Hawks' Mookie Blaylock poses for a portrait.
FILE - In this 1998 file handout photo provided by the NBA, Atlanta Hawks' Mookie Blaylock poses for a portrait. AP Photo/NBA, File

JONESBORO, Ga. – Former NBA All-Star Daron “Mookie” Blaylock is out of the hospital and in jail, charged with vehicular homicide in a car crash south of Atlanta.

Blaylock is also charged with driving on a suspended license, making an improper lane change and crossing the median in the head-on crash that killed a 43-year-old woman in Jonesboro on May 31. Blaylock surrendered Monday and is being held without bond.

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Blaylock’s attorney has said the former player blacked out just before the crash. Authorities have said Blaylock was also wanted elsewhere for failing to appear in court on a DUI charge.

The 46-year-old Blaylock was a first-round draft pick by the New Jersey Nets out of Oklahoma in 1989. He played for the Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors and in the 1994 NBA All-Star game.

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