Ambiorix Burgos’ season on DL worsens with allegations.

A New York Mets pitcher is due in court Oct. 23 after authorities in the Dominican Republic accused him of hitting two women, who later died, with his SUV. Ambiorix Burgos, who spent the entire 2008 season on the disabled list recovering from elbow surgery, is charged despite a relative’s claim of having driven the Hummer. “The investigation indicates that Burgos was the driver of the (vehicle) that hit the women,” says police Co. Eulogio Taveras. Several witnesses identified the pitcher after he allegedly struck Josefina Minaya Martinez, 38, and Angely Fana, 29, Taveras says. The women died at a hospital following the Wednesday accident. “We are extremely disturbed by the reports regarding (Burgos’) potential involvement in the hit-and-run accident that, unfortunately, killed two women in the Dominican Republic,” a Mets statement reads. “We take this matter very seriously and have begun an internal investigation to ascertain the facts. Our thoughts and sympathies are with the families of the victims.” Just last month, Burgos encountered other legal trouble when he was arrested on assault and harassment charges for allegedly throwing his girlfriend on the ground in New York.

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