St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said Monday he was stunned by the death of 22-year-old outfielder Oscar Taveras in a car accident and his players were struggling with deep anguish after losing a young teammate.''I was asked last night to give some words regarding the tragic death of Oscar Taveras, but I just simply couldn't,'' Matheny said. ''To say this is a horrible loss of a life ended too soon would be an understatement.''
Taveras died Sunday in his native Dominican Republic. He was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro at the time of the crash on a highway between the beaches of Sosua and Cabarete in Puerto Plata, about 215 miles north of the capital of Santo Domingo, said Col. Diego Pesqueira of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency.
''He wasn't carrying documents at the time of the accident, but his body was identified by family members,'' Pesqueira said.
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