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Jerome Barson, 78, suffered head trauma in the June 9 collision and died two weeks later in an intensive care unit Sunday, TMZ reported Thursday. Barson’s wife was reportedly also hospitalized for injuries, including broken bones.
According to TMZ, Barson’s wife told police she T-boned Williams’ SUV traveling westbound in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., after the tennis star entered an intersection heading northbound.
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Police did not believe she’d been distracted by a device or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. But the report allegedly said: “Venus Williams is at fault for violating the right of way of the other driver.”
According to TMZ, Williams told cops “she was trying to make it through the intersection but there was a traffic backup and she had to slow down to a crawl, with her car exposed in the intersection.”
