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Luis Valbuena killed in auto accident


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Leaving one game, on the way to another, damn. This article says sliding rock. 

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Former Major League Baseball players Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo were killed in a car accident Thursday night, a spokesperson for their Venezuelan team, Cardenales de Lara, confirmed.

Valbuena was 33. Castillo was 37.

The crash occurred after Valbuena and Castillo left the University Stadium at Caracas after playing a game in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Venezuelan authorities said their car went to the opposite side of the road while trying to avoid a sliding rock.

The players were en route to the city of Barquisimeto, where they were planning to play against Bravos de Margarita on Friday.

Valbuena played 11 seasons in the majors, including his final two with the Los Angeles Angels, who released him in August. He also played with the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros.

Castillo played in the majors from 2004 to 2008, with the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants and Astros.

 

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From a Startle-gram article... 

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Police in Venezuela are investigating if the accident was a criminal act set up by a gang of thieves trying to rob the players. The car crashed when it suddenly struck a large rock in the middle of the road, and police are wondering if the rock was planted there.

A report by a newspaper in Venezuela said that the car had been looted and all three players had been robbed. Four suspects have been arrested.

 

Fuckers. 

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On 12/14/2018 at 6:50 PM, BrazilHorn said:

Seems like every offseason in Latin America a player dies in a wreck. 

Just crazy. 

Yup. Bad roads, dangerous locals and (probably most importantly) nobody wears seatbelts.

When you think about it, we've gone from almost nobody wearing seatbelts in the U.S. to practically 100% of everyone wearing seatbelts just in the last 30 years.  That simple thing has probably saved tens of thousands of lives, if not more.

It's pretty amazing how *small* of a wreck it takes to be fatal if you aren't buckled up.  

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