Former New York Yankees World Series hero Jim Leyritz has been charged with DUI and vehicular homicide after a woman he wrecked into, was thrown from her car, and killed.

According to Fort Lauderdale police, a car driven by Leyritz, a resident of Plantation, Fla., hit another car in the heart of Fort Lauderdale’s Himmarshee Street bar district early Friday morning.

Leyritz was traveling northbound when he passed a red light and crashed with a westbound car at around 3:30 a.m., according to the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale.

Leyritz had been working as a part time announcer for the Yankees on the YES! Network an MSG Network.  The charges could lead to fifteen years in jail and a $10,000 fine.

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