The Puerto Plata police are still trying to determine the cause of the accident, noted the Post-Dispatch. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends tonight." Oscar Taveras, a top outfield prospect with the St. Louis Cardinals, died Sunday in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic. Taveras died Sunday after authorities say he lost control of his 2014 Chevrolet Camaro on a highway in the popular tourist region of Puerto Plata. He was 22. Oscar Taveras, the Cardinals' top prospect since he was a teen, died in a car crash Sunday at age 22. Oscar Taveras, the St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder regarded as one of the majors’ top prospects, died Sunday in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic. Emotional funeral held for rising St. Louis Cardinals star Oscar Taveras, 22, after he died in car crash alongside his girlfriend. It's the third time in the past 13 years that The outfielder and his 18-year-old girlfriend, Edilia Arvelo, were killed in an accident in Puerto Plata on the north coast of the island where Taveras was born. Tim Kurkjian discusses the life and tragic death of Cardinals top prospect Oscar Taveras. Ventura was friends with another baseball player killed in his prime in a crash in the Dominican Republic, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras, who died … Tim Kurkjian discusses the life and tragic death of Cardinals top prospect Oscar Taveras. St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras -- a 22-year-old rising star -- died Sunday in a car crash in the Dominican Republic.. Cardinals stunned by sudden death of Oscar Taveras Dionisio Soldevila The Associated Press Published Monday, October 27, 2014 7:10AM EDT … "Oscar was an amazing talent with a bright future who was taken from us well before his time. Dominican newspapers identified baseball player's girlfriend as Edilia Arvelo, 18. Oscar Taveras’ death hurts because we are of the same generation. Louis Cardinals rookie Oscar Taveras died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic on Sunday afternoon. He was 22. He was 22 years old. It hurts to hear of the loss of a person growing up the same time as myself.