Former New York Mets prospect Darwyn Encarnacion died following a horrific car crash in the Dominican Republic this week.
He was just 21 years old.
According to MLB insider Hector Gomez, Encarnacion was driving an SUV on Wednesday when it tumbled off a bridge and crashed into a ditch below it.
The former outfielder, according to multiple reports, had somehow survived the initial impact, but died at a local hospital a short time later.
A Mets academy executive in the Dominican Republic confirmed Encarnacion's tragic passing to Gomez .