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with DUI and vehicular homocide. Ouch.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A former major league baseball player left the Broward County Jail Friday after an 11-hour stay after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular homicide.
Police said Jim Leyritz was behind the wheel of a Ford SUV that collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Southwest Seventh Avenue and Second Street in the Himmarshee area of downtown Fort Lauderdale.
The impact caused the other car to roll over. Police identified the female driver as Fredia Ann Veitch, of Plantation. She was ejected from the vehicle and died after being taken to Broward General Medical Center, police said. Veitch was returning from her job at the Original Steakhouse in Fort Lauderdale. Police said she is the mother of two children, ages 5 and 13 years old.
Tearful Ex-MLB Player Leaves Jail After DUI Death Charge - Sports News Story - WPLG Miami
"Her husband did not like the fact that she worked late hours and this was going to be her last week working for them," said Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Detective Kathy Collins.
Leyritz was arrested on suspicion of DUI because he refused a Breathalyzer test, police said. According to police records, he was booked at 4:30 a.m. Friday. He left the jail at 3:30 p.m. Friday noticeably shaken and appeared to be holding back tears. He was released after posting an $11,000 bond.
The 44-year-old is most remembered for his three-run home run off while playing for the New York Yankees against the Atlanta Braves in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series. He began his career in 1990 with the Yankees, played 11 seasons in the majors with six different teams, and retired in 2000.
Leyritz lives in Davie, Fla.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A former major league baseball player left the Broward County Jail Friday after an 11-hour stay after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular homicide.
Police said Jim Leyritz was behind the wheel of a Ford SUV that collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Southwest Seventh Avenue and Second Street in the Himmarshee area of downtown Fort Lauderdale.
The impact caused the other car to roll over. Police identified the female driver as Fredia Ann Veitch, of Plantation. She was ejected from the vehicle and died after being taken to Broward General Medical Center, police said. Veitch was returning from her job at the Original Steakhouse in Fort Lauderdale. Police said she is the mother of two children, ages 5 and 13 years old.
Tearful Ex-MLB Player Leaves Jail After DUI Death Charge - Sports News Story - WPLG Miami
"Her husband did not like the fact that she worked late hours and this was going to be her last week working for them," said Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Detective Kathy Collins.
Leyritz was arrested on suspicion of DUI because he refused a Breathalyzer test, police said. According to police records, he was booked at 4:30 a.m. Friday. He left the jail at 3:30 p.m. Friday noticeably shaken and appeared to be holding back tears. He was released after posting an $11,000 bond.
The 44-year-old is most remembered for his three-run home run off while playing for the New York Yankees against the Atlanta Braves in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series. He began his career in 1990 with the Yankees, played 11 seasons in the majors with six different teams, and retired in 2000.
Leyritz lives in Davie, Fla.
