A DALLAS COWBOYS player has died after a car driven by an allegedly intoxicated team-mate flipped in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Jerry Brown, 25, was pronounced dead after arriving at hospital – with 24-year-old Cowboys nose tackle Joshua Price-Brent arrested on an intoxication manslaughter charge.
Irving Police Department spokesman John Argumaniz said that Price-Brent was allegedly speeding ‘well above’ the speed limit when he hit a kerb, causing his vehicle to flip at least once before landing in the middle of the road.
According to Argumaniz, when police arrived at the scene, they found Price-Brent pulling Brown from his 2007 Mercedes, which had caught fire.
It is not known where the men had been but Argumaniz said officers performed sobriety tests on Price-Brent and suspected alcohol was likely involved.
“Based on the results of the tests, along with the officers’ observations and conversations with Price-Brent, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated,” Argumaniz said.
Brown had only joined the Cowboys in October and was a linebacker for their practice squad.
The Cowboys play the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
