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 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.
Smith, a sophomore guard, was driving a 1996 Lexus last Monday night when it struck a tree in heavy snow. He then drove the car a little more than a mile to the apartment complex where he lived.
Bystanders called 911 after seeing the badly damaged car in the parking lot, with Smith's passenger, teammate Brian Carlwell, still inside, Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz said. A number of other team members were gathered at the apartment, Rietz said.
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