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Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter Saturday after he

flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown.

Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the accident happened about 2:20 a.m. Saturday in the Dallas suburb,

hours before Brent was to be on a team flight to Cincinnati for the Cowboys’ game Sunday against the Bengals.

Josh Brent, a defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, was charged by police on Saturday with intoxication

manslaughter after he flipped his vehicle in a predawn collision that claimed the life of colleague Jerry Brown.

According to Irving police spokesperson John Argumaniz, the accident occurred in the Dallas suburb at around 2:20

a.m. on Saturday, only hours before Brent was scheduled to board a team jet to Cincinnati for the Cowboys’ game

versus the Bengals on Sunday.

After Josh Brent, a defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, flipped his car in a predawn crash that killed

teammate Jerry Brown, authorities charged Brent with intoxication manslaughter on Saturday.

The tragedy happened in the Dallas suburb at approximately 2:20 a.m. on Saturday, just hours before Brent was

supposed to join a team plane to Cincinnati for the Cowboys’ game against the Bengals on Sunday, according to

Irving police spokesperson John Argumaniz.