Ex-NBA player Mookie Blaylock faces felony charge in fatal crash

By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia prosecutors have upgraded criminal charges against former NBA player Mookie Blaylock in a head-on traffic crash last year that killed a 43-year-old mother of five, an official said on Tuesday. Blaylock, 47, was driving a 2010 Cadillac Escalade last May in Clayton County, south of Atlanta, when he crossed over the center line into oncoming traffic and struck a minivan, injuring a passenger, Monica Murphy, 40, who died hours later after undergoing surgery at Atlanta Medical Center, police said. Blaylock was critically injured in the accident but recovered. He has been charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, a felony, upgraded from an initial misdemeanor charge, Clayton County Solicitor General Tasha Mosley told Reuters.

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