FILE - In this April 16, 1999, file photo, Atlanta Hawks guard Mookie Blaylock (10) drives to the basket in front of Orlando Magic guard Darrell Armstrong during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Atlanta. Police say the former Hawks guard is on life support after a car crash in suburban Atlanta on Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan Mothner, File)
June 01, 2013 - 10:30 AM
ATLANTA - Former NBA All-Star guard Daron "Mookie" Blaylock has been upgraded to serious condition a day after his SUV crashed head-on into a van and killed a woman.
Atlanta Medical Center spokeswoman Nicole Gustin said Saturday that the 46-year-old Blaylock had been upgraded to serious condition. On Friday, the hospital listed Blaylock in critical condition, and police said the former Atlanta Hawks player had been placed on life support for a short time.
Jonesboro Police Chief Franklin Allen said Blaylock was driving Friday afternoon in the Atlanta suburb of Jonesboro when his SUV crossed the centre line and crashed head-on into a van with two people inside.
The van's passenger, 43-year-old Monica Murphy, was killed. Her husband broke an ankle.
News from © The Associated Press, 2013