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Eddie Ekiyor, a young Ottawa basketball star recruited to play for a major U.S. college team, pleaded guilty Monday in a hit-and-run last summer that left an off-duty police officer with serious back injuries.

Ekiyor, 18, expressed remorse in a letter filed in court.

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“I am deeply sorry for all the pain I have caused you … if there’s anything I can do to help with anything, I will.”

Ekiyor cried when he was arrested for the Aug. 8, 2015 incident, court heard, saying he was afraid he had ruined his life.

In his letter of apology, the basketball star, who has signed with Xavier University in Ohio, said he wishes he could turn back time.

“I would do anything to reverse what happened. I hope you recover. I am beyond sorry. I will do everything in my power to make this right. I’m so sorry,” Ekiyor wrote.

Ekiyor, driving home from a house party, hit cyclist and off-duty officer Val Curcio around 7:20 a.m. in Barrhaven.