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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Oscar Taveras' agent is telling news reporters in the Dominican that Oscar Taveras was killed in a car wreck. Horrible. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash">#STLCards</a>.</p>— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href="

">October 27, 2014</a></blockquote>

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Oscar Taveras Dies In Car Accident

By Charlie Wilmoth [October 26, 2014 at 7:25pm CDT]

Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras has died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic, Dionisio Soldevila of ESPNDeportes confirms (via Twitter). A variety of outlets from the Dominican Republic had reported news of the accident. Taveras’ girlfriend also reportedly passed away.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Can now confirm: Oscar Taveras, 22, has died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. Just awful.</p>— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="

">October 27, 2014</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Oscar Taveras' agent is telling news reporters in the Dominican that Oscar Taveras was killed in a car wreck. Horrible. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash">#STLCards</a>.</p>— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href="
">October 27, 2014</a></blockquote>

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Just awful. RIP.

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