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A New Jersey grand jury indicted the man in connection with the accident which killed Jason Ray. Ray was the mascot for the North Carolina Tar Heels who were in East Rutherford, NJ for the NCAA Tournament East Region semi-finals.

Ray was walking along a shoulder of a road to his hotel when an SUV struck him. He died three days later at the age of 21 (learn more about Ray here).

The grand jury indicted Armen Hovsepian on charges of causing death with a suspended license.

Hovsepian's father, Gajik, 52, had told police that he was the one who was driving the SUV. Based on his statements, investigators at the time ruled the crash accidental.

But several months later, investigators received a tip from a witness who said Armen Hovsepian, 21, was behind the wheel, according to the report.

If convicted, Hovsepian could receive up to five years in jail. Both the father and son were also indicted of hindering apprehension by providing false information to authorities.

Yesterday marked one year since the tragic death of UNC mascot Jason Ray. Before the Heels' Sweet 16 game against USC last year, Ray was hit by an SUV as he was walking along a road back to the team's hotel in East Rutherford, NJ. A few days later, on March 26th, he passed away at the age of 21.

Tonight, the Heels enter the Sweet 16 against another Pac-10 school (Washington State) just a year and a day removed from that horrible afternoon.

Ray's memory lives on through the players (and through the lives he then saved as an organ donor). ESPN has done an outstanding job chronicling the stories of those people who live on because of Jason Ray:

According to the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, 114 allografts from Jason's tissue have been provided to hospitals across the U.S. and Canada. The recipients come from 24 states, from New York to Hawaii, and range from Harper, the 13-year-old Oklahoma girl, to an 80-year-old Minnesota woman who underwent a fracture repair. Two recipients had their limbs salvaged because of Jason. Four received tissue for a new ACL. Twenty-five recipients, like Williams and Harper, received tissue for spine surgery. And tissue is still being preserved for another 50-70 future recipients.