Boaz cheboiywo biography

Former Eastern Michigan Cross Country 2001 and 2002 and 10,000 2002 and 2003  Champion Boaz Cheboiywo  was involved in a drunk driving incident that took the life of a Ypsilanti, MI woman.   The accident occurred April 21 near Ypsilanti.

The following story by Nathan Clark appeared on   on April 22, 2021.

YPSILANTI TWP., MI – A former Eastern Michigan University Track star and Athletic Hall of Fame inductee has been arrested and charged for killing a woman while allegedly driving drunk.

Boaz Kisang Cheboiywo, 42, of Ypsilanti, was arraigned Sunday, April 11, on one felony count of operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor causing death related to a suspected drunken driving crash that occurred Friday, April 9, court records show.

At about 4:23 p.m.

Friday, Cheboiywo was driving east through Ypsilanti Township on U.S. 12 near Ecorse Road toward Canton when he crossed the centerline and hit a westbound SUV and a passenger car, causi