Irish Sunday Mirror

Venus: I am devastated by car crash

- BY KAREN ROCKETT

Champ Williams TENNIS star Venus Williams has spoken for the first time of being in a car crash that caused fatal injuries to a man of 78.

Jerome Barson suffered head injuries in the accident and died two weeks later, on June 22.

His family is to file a wrongful death suit.

Williams, 37, wrote on Facebook: “I am devasted [sic] and heartbroke­n by this accident. My heartfelt condolence­s go out to the family and friends of Jerome Barson and I continue to keep them in my thoughts and prayers.”

Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, is seeded 10th as she makes her 20th Wimbledon appearance this year.

She faces Belgium’s Elise Mertens in a first-round match tomorrow. President Trump

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