Former NBA player thrown from cab.

Manute Bol has been seriously injured in a cab ride near his home in Connecticut. He was thrown from the vehicle. Bol was riding in a cab Wednesday night when it hit a guardrail and then swerved across both lanes before hitting a rock ledge and rolling over, killing the driver and throwing him from the car.

The 7-foot 7-inch former NBA player, sustained a head injury and was taken by helicopter to Hartford Hospital, state police spokesman J. Paul Vance said. As of yesterday, Bol's condition wasn't released.

The doctor said, for his age, he's in extremely good shape and would probably be dead if he wasn't an athlete, longtime friend Andrew Kearns said. It's going to be a long recovery, unfortunately.

Earlier this year, Bol was charged with hitting his daughter, cutting her lip and interfering with a police officer. He also was injured and needed medical treatment.

Bol retired in 1995, averaging 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 points during his career Bol. He played in college at Bridgeport and entered the NBA in 1985 with Washington. In 2002, Bol signed with the Indianapolis Ice of the Central Hockey League to raise money for the people of his war-torn homeland of Sudan. But, he never stepped on the ice.

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