Sacramento,CA : Venus Williams accused of causing fatal car crash on July, Sunday 2nd 2017

Police say the five-time SW19 champion, 37, is to blame for the crash that led to the death of 78-year-old Jerome Barson, who was a passenger in his wife's car, according to reports.

The 2016 Hyundai Accent and Williams' SUV collided after the athlete went through a red light in her home town of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on , witnesses reportedly told police.

The Hyundai was being driven by Linda Barson and her husband was put in intensive care where he died two weeks later.

Williams' lawyer said she expressed her "deepest condolences" but that it was an "unfortunate accident".


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Venus Williams accused of causing fatal car crash