 Multi-time former Yankees manager Billy Martin was working as a special consultant to Yankees owner George Steinbrenner when he was killed in a one-car crash in Binghamton, New York, on Christmas Day (December 25) in 1989.Martin had been drinking heavily with his friend, William Reedy, who was driving a pickup truck at the time of the accident.When Martin was killed, the media reported that he was a passenger in Reedy's pickup.