Officials: Oscar Taveras was driving drunk when he was killed

Officials in the Dominican Republic say St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras was driving drunk when his car crashed October 26 killing him and his girlfriend:

Tessie Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office in the Dominican Republic, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that toxicology reports showed Taveras had a blood-alcohol level five times the legal limit when he lost control of his car Oct. 26 on a highway in Puerto Plata.

She says the 22-year-old Taveras was "legally intoxicated when he crashed.