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By HELENE ELLIOTT
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According to the accident report released Tuesday, Steve Chiasson was traveling at about 74 mph in a 55-mph zone when his pickup truck went out of control at Raleigh, N.C., killing the 32-year-old Carolina defenseman early Monday.

Highway Patrol Trooper K.L. Horne said he was awaiting results of a blood test, which could take two or three weeks, before commenting on whether alcohol played a role. But the report issued listed intoxication as an accident factor.

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The NHL will file papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Pittsburgh describing its intended course of action should Mario Lemieux’s reorganization plan for the Penguins not be approved in a confirmation hearing. League officials support Lemieux’s plan to rescue the Penguins from bankruptcy but hoped to have matters settled by June 1. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman selected that date to expedite what has become a prolonged process. The NHL also needs time to schedule for next season.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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