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Leyritz insists fatal accident not his fault

By David Picker
E:60

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Two months before his trial for DUI manslaughter begins, former New York Yankee Jim Leyritz offered several reasons why a two-car accident in which one person died was not his fault. "I wasn't doing anything that I thought was against the rules, whether it be the drinking part or the actual driving part," Leyritz told E:60's Jeremy Schaap during his first in-depth television interview since the accident, which happened nearly two years ago. In the interview, the 45 ...

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