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2 Illini Players in Crash

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jwinslow

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Brian Carlwell in critical condition (message board thread)

Chicago Tribune
A car crash has left two University of Illinois basketball players injured, one critically.

Authorities say 6-foot-11-inch freshman center Brian Carlwell, 19, of Maywood is in critical condition according to Carle Foundation Hospital spokeswoman Debra Inman. He had a severe concussion, Illinois sports information director Kent Brown said. He declined to provide further details.

His teammate, 6-foot-3-inch sophomore guard Jamar Smith, 19, of Peoria, was treated and released after the crash last night. He suffered a concussion, Brown said.

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wow, Brian got lucky...someone was looking out for him. Look where the impact was...right in the middle of the two doors, if the impact would've been a direct hit on the front passenger side, he probably wouldn't have survived. I hope he continues to get better each day.
 
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Dispatch

Illini players hurt in one-car crash
Carlwell, a passenger, is listed in serious condition
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
David Mercer
ASSOCIATED PRESS



CHAMPAIGN, Ill. ? Authorities yesterday were investigating the accident that injured two Illinois basketball players ? one seriously ? when their car went off the road and slammed into a tree. Brian Carlwell, 19, was at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana in serious condition with a severe concussion, Illinois sports information director Kent Brown said. Carlwell previously was listed in critical condition.

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After accident, Illinois' Smith to miss remainder of season

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois basketball player Jamar Smith will miss the rest of the season after injuring himself in a traffic accident earlier this week.
Coach Bruce Weber said he and Smith's family have agreed that Jamar should sit out the remainder of the season.
This way "he can focus all of his attention on the physical, emotional, academic and other related issues he will face in the coming weeks," Weber said Friday in a statement posted on the athletic department's website.

Entire article: http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10001473
 
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After wrapping his car around a tree, Smith drove nearly a mile to his apartment and left an unconcious Carlwell in the car for nearly an hour before paramedics arrived. On top of this, he didn't even bother calling 911...


Yahoo


Illinois basketball player charged with felonies in crash

By DAVID MERCER, Associated Press Writer
February 20, 2007

AP - Feb 16, 3:35 pm EST


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- University of Illinois basketball player Jamar Smith -- charged Tuesday with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident -- apparently believed the teammate in the passenger seat of his car had died, authorities said.

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Talk about pathetic. How do you leave a teammate to die in your car. Even if he thought he was dead, why drive back to your apartment and then not even call the police. Some teammate. He should be kicked off the team.
 
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