Octavio Dotel, Former MLB Star, Included Among Victims of Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse
At least 60 people are dead and 160 injured after a roof collapsed during a concert at Jet Set nightclub in the capital of Santo Domingo.
Former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Octavio Dotel is among the at least 79 people killed after a roof collapsed at a Dominican Republic nightclub on Tuesday.
As of Tuesday afternoon, at least 160 people were left injured after attending a concert by merengue singer Rubby Pérez, at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, with the death toll expected to rise. An estimated 300 people gathered for the performance.
The concert began shortly before midnight, with the roof collapsing almost an hour later on April 8. It remains unclear what led to the collapse.
Dotel, a native of Santo Domingo, made his MLB debut in 1999 when he signed with the New York Mets and played for 13 teams throughout his 15-season career.
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He also spent five seasons with the Houston Astros from 2000 to 2004, before being traded to the Oakland Athletics.
“While in Houston, he was one of the top relievers in all of baseball and was a significant part of a dominant bullpen. … A workhorse, Dotel’s club-leading 159 appearances in 2002-03 combined were second in the Majors in that span, during which he posted a 2.15 ERA.”
In 2011, he was also a member of the St. Louis Cardinals team that won the World Series over the Texas Rangers.
Dotel is survived by his wife Massiel and their two children Eduardo and Nicole.
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