Yadier Molina revealed that a Gulfstream G200 scheduled to pick him up and his family crashed in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, June 7, killing the pilot and copilot. The former Cardinals star said the jet was bound for Texas, where he and several family me
By the time the details spread Sunday night, the jet’s route had already been sketched into place: a pickup arranged for Yadier Molina and his family, then a crash in the Dominican Republic that left no survivors among the crew.
Molina said in an Instagram story that a plane scheduled to pick him up and his family crashed on June 7 in the Dominican Republic. according to an account shared by baseball reporter and broadcaster Mike Rodriguez. The Gulfstream G200. Rodriguez’s video shows. appears to have missed the runway at the airport in La Romana. D.R. The aircraft skidded onto a grassy area, hit a bump, and burst into flames.
In Molina’s telling, the trip was already moving toward a family-focused destination. He said on Instagram that the plane was headed to Texas, where he and several family members were preparing to travel to Puerto Rico.
The crash killed both the pilot and copilot. In the middle of a career built on games that demand focus, the suddenness of an aircraft failing to stay on the runway left one clear human question hanging over everything that followed: who was meant to be waiting on the other end.
There is also context beyond the immediate tragedy. Molina, a 10-time All-Star and nine-time Gold Glove winner during his 19-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals, has become a prominent manager since retiring as a player after the 2022 season. He has led Team Puerto Rico to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic and managed the squad in 2023 as well. He also serves as the manager of Navegantes del Magallanes in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. and he works for the Cardinals as a special assistant to president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom.
The sequence that emerges from Molina’s comments is stark: a planned pickup for his family, a route set toward Texas, then a crash in La Romana that turned a travel day into a fatal emergency for the flight crew.
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