Former major leaguer Jose Uribe dies in road accident

AFP, December, 2006

NEW YORK (AFP) — Jose Uribe, who played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball, died in a road accident in his native Dominican Republic, MLB.com reported. According to the baseball website, 47-year-old Uribe was driving on the Nizao-San Cristobal Highway when he crashed around 3:00 a.m. The cause of the accident still is under police investigation.

Uribe, the father of current Chicago White Sox shortstop Juan Uribe, spent most of his major league career with San Francisco, playing for the Giants from 1985-92 and helping ...