FILE - In this April 16, 1999, file photo, Atlanta Hawks guard Mookie Blaylock (10) drives to the basket in front of Orlando Magic guard Darrell Armstrong during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Atlanta. Police say the former Hawks guard is on life support after a car crash in suburban Atlanta on Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan Mothner, File)
JONESBORO, Ga. — Former NBA All-Star guard Daron "Mookie" Blaylock was on life support at a hospital Friday after his SUV crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a van in suburban Atlanta, fatally injuring a passenger in the van, police said.
Blaylock was driving in Jonesboro on Friday when he crashed and was airlifted to the Atlanta Medical Center in critical condition, said Clayton County police spokesman Clarence Cox.
Jonesboro Police Chief Franklin Allen said late Friday that 43-year-old Monica Murphy, a passenger in the van, died just before 10 p.m. Allen said her husband, 41-year-old Frankie Murphy, sustained a broken ankle and was released from the hospital after undergoing treatment.
The 46-year-old Blaylock was a first-round draft pick by the New Jersey Nets out of Oklahoma in 1989.
He played for the Atlanta Hawks between 1992 and 1999, appeared in the 1994 NBA All-Star game and had his best season in 1996-97, averaging 17.4 points and 5.9 assists.
In 13 NBA seasons with New Jersey, Atlanta and Golden State, he averaged 13.5 points and 6.2 assists.
In this image taken from video, emergency personnel work the scene of a car crash Friday, May 31, 2013, in Jonesboro, Ga. Former NBA All-Star guard Daron "Mookie" Blaylock was on life support at a hospital Friday after his SUV crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a van in suburban Atlanta, police said. Clayton County (Ga.) police spokesman Clarence Cox says the man and woman riding in the van were also injured and to the hospital. Their names and conditions were not immediately available. (AP Photo/WSB-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
In this image taken from video, an SUV sits off road at the scene of a car crash Friday, May 31, 2013, in Jonesboro, Ga. Former NBA All-Star guard Daron "Mookie" Blaylock was on life support at a hospital Friday after his SUV crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a van in suburban Atlanta, police said. Clayton County (Ga.) police spokesman Clarence Cox says the man and woman riding in the van were also injured and to the hospital. Their names and conditions were not immediately available. (AP Photo/WSB-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT