Hot News : Dallas Cowboys' Josh Brent arrest and Jerry Brown's death
Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent was arrested on charges of intoxication manslaughter after flipping his car in Irving, Texas Saturday morning in an accident that killed
Cowboys practice-squad player Jerry Brown, according to Irving police.
Per a police statement, Brent was driving his car at a high rate of speed at 2:21 a.m. when he hit the
outside curb on Route 114, causing the vehicle to flip at least once and then
come to rest in the middle of a service road. Brown, a linebacker who was
signed to the practice squad in October, was a passenger in the car. Brown was
unresponsive on the scene and transferred to a hospital, where he was pronounced
dead.
Responding officers believed alcohol to be a contributing factor. Brent did not
pass sobriety tests and underwent a mandatory blood draw at a nearby hospital.
Brent previously plead guilty to a DUI charge in 2009 stemming from an arrest
while he was played at the University of Illinois. According to court records
in champaign County, Ill., Brent was arrested on March 5, 2009 and plead guilty
to a DUI charge on June 2, 2009.
Brent was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 200 hours of community service and two
years probation. Brent was also ordered to attend a victim's impact panel.
The Cowboys team plane left for Sunday's game in Cincinnati after the team was
informed.
"We are deeply saddened by the news of this accident and the passing of
Jerry Brown," team owner Jerry Jones said in a statement. "At this
time, our hearts and prayers and deepest sympathies are with the members of
Jerry's family and all of those who knew him and loved him."