Cardinals Outfielder Oscar Taveras Dies in Car Crash
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Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Oscar Taveras died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, his agent Brian Mejia and a spokesman for the Dominican National Police confirmed.
ABC News has learned that Taveras was driving with his girlfriend when the car they were driving slid off the road. She died as well.
“We are all stunned and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of one of the youngest members of the Cardinals family,” Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. said. “Oscar was an amazing talent with a bright future who was taken from us well before his time. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends tonight.”
“I simply can’t believe it,” said John Mozeliak, Sr. VP & GM of the St. Louis Cardinals. “I first met Oscar when he was sixteen years old and will forever remember him as a wonderful young man who was a gifted athlete with an infectious love for life who lived every day to the fullest.”
Taveras homered in his debut for the Cardinals and finished the season batting .239 with three homers and 22 RBIs in 80 games.
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