COWBOYS JOSH BRENT FORMALLY INDICTED OF INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF HIS TEAMMATE

A grand jury in Texas has formally indicted Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent on one count of intoxication manslaughter.
Brent is charged in connection with a December 8 crash that killed his friend and Cowboys practice squad member Jerry Brown. He is out of jail on $100,000 bond.
Dallas County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Debbie Denmon says the indictment was returned Wednesday.

 The death of Dallas Cowboys star Jerry Brown, 25, has led to teammate Josh Brent being indicted on manslaughter charges

Police in the Dallas suburb of Irving say Brent was speeding when his vehicle struck a curb and flipped. Brown was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

Intoxication manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Brent could be eligible for probation.

Denmon says no court dates have been scheduled.

Brent's blood alcohol limit was 0.18, it was reported today, meaning a person his size would have to drink about 20 shots over a four-hour period to reach that level.
A number of witnesses came forward to say that Brown was alive and screaming for help after Brent crashed the car.

Fatal: Police say Brent had a blood alcohol limit of 0.18 percent - more than twice the legal limit - when he crashed his Mercedes in Dallas and killed his teammate

Stacee McWilliams, 40, from Irving, told police on Monday that when she stopped at the scene of the  accident, she practically had to beg Brent to help his best friend out of the Mercedes, which was upside down and on fire.
She said: 'I jumped out and ran out toward the wreck. I yelled to Brent, "Are you OK? Are you OK?" And he told me he was fine as he was pacing back and forth.
'I was relieved because I thought, it’s just a single-car accident, nobody’s hurt. And then fire sparked up from the car and got bigger and I started to hear screams.
Brent’s attorney, George Milner, called McWilliams’ account 'absolutely false'.
'What I’ve been told is that Jerry Brown was never conscious after the accident,' Milner said. 'This woman, while present in the area of the accident, could not have seen or heard anything she said about Josh.