Mercedes Andrea Palacios also died in the fatal car crash that took the life of Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney, the Dallas County Sheriff's Department told TMZ Sports Tuesday. Palacios, who was 26 years old, reportedly had been dating Gladney.
According to police, Gladney and Palacios were found dead in a white overturned vehicle at 2:30 a.m. on Monday morning. Though it is unknown how fast the driver was going, police said the vehicle was "speeding when it clipped a second vehicle from behind at the time of the crash." Police said the two occupants of the other vehicle were unharmed.