Police are searching for 24-year old New York Mets reliever Ambiorix Burgos who was driving an SUV when he ran over two women who later died of their injuries in a Nagua hospital.<\/p>\n
Josefina Minaya Martinez, 38, and Angely Fana, 29, were struck by a new Hummer on the Cabrera-Nagua highway on Tuesday. A relative of Burgos came forward saying he had been driving the vehicle. The Police arrested him as an accomplice.<\/p>\n
Police says that Burgos was involved in other violent events in the area, but on previous occasions the victims settled their complaints out of court.<\/p>\n
Several witnesses identified Burgos as the driver of the vehicle.<\/p>\n
The Mets have announced they would be carrying out their own investigation into the case. “We are extremely disturbed by the reports regarding the player’s potential involvement in the hit-and-run accident that unfortunately killed two women,” the Mets said in a statement. “We take this matter very seriously and have begun an internal investigation to ascertain the facts. Our thoughts and sympathies are with the families of the victims.”<\/p>\n
The New York Daily News also reports that Burgos had a case for violence against a woman pending in a New York court. Just last month he was arrested on charges of manhandling his girlfriend in a Queens hotel. The 6-foot-3, 244-pound hurler allegedly punched, bit and slapped 26-year-old Maria Lopez in a Holiday Inn room on Sept. 8, cops said. Burgos is due back in court on Oct. 23 to face assault and harassment charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police are searching for 24-year old New York Mets reliever Ambiorix Burgos who was driving an SUV when he ran over two women who later died of their injuries in a Nagua hospital. Josefina Minaya Martinez, 38, and Angely Fana, 29, were struck by a new Hummer on the Cabrera-Nagua highway on Tuesday. A relative … <\/p>\n