AP Photo/Keith Muccilli/Jayson Williams was hospitalized after his SUV struck a tree. The black Urban Times
From the looks of Jayson William's banged up Mercedes Benz SUV, one might assume his injuries from this morning's crash off the FDR Drive to be life threatening. New York Police officials say though the 41-year-old troubled hoopster suffered neck and facial injuries during the early morning crash, his injuries are minor.
They added that when the star is released from Bellevue Hospital, he will be arrested for driving while intoxicated.
Williams, who refused a Breathalyzer test on the scene, apparently drove north on the FDR Drive and crashed into a tree on 18th Street near the E. 20th St. and Ave. C exit, NYPD said.
The first officers to arrive at the scene say they found an injured Williams sitting in the passenger seat of his vehicle, but witnesses say they saw Williams in the driver's seat and alone when the crash occurred.
Photo Hagen for Daily News/Jayson Williams banged up SUV
Medical personnel at Bellevue drew blood from Williams and NYPD investigators scrambled to obtain a warrant in order to test the blood for alcohol and any other substances that may have impaired his driving.
The crash and potential arrest for driving while intoxicated will only increase the former St. John's University player's legal woes.
Williams was about to face retrial next week in the fatal shooting of his limo driver, Costas Christofi, at the star's palatial New Jersey estate in 2002.
Police say Williams was playing with a shotgun when it went off and killed the driver and William's attempted to hide the incident. A higher court ruled prosecutors could retry Williams on a reckless manslaughter charge that could send him to prison.
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