L - Jose Castillo, posing during photo day at Roger Dean Stadium in Viera, Florida, on Feb. 21, 2009. R - Luis Valbuena, during a game at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on April 23, 2018. Doug Benc/Getty Images; Bob Levey/Getty Images
Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo, both former Major Baseball League players, were involved in a car accident in Venezuela on Dec. 6, and killed.
Valbuena, once a Los Angeles Angels player, and Castillo, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, and the Houston Astros, died when their vehicle veered off the road, the Orange County Register reported.
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