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Ex-Raiders first-round pick CB D.J. Hayden killed in car crash

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Former Oakland Raiders cornerback D.J. Hayden was among six people killed in a car crash early Saturday morning in Houston. He was 33.

Houston police said early Saturday morning that a Chrysler 300 ran a red light at a high rate of speed and collided with an Acura SUV. Four people were pronounced dead at the scene and four people were transported to a hospital. Two of the four taken to a hospital later died from their injuries and a woman suffered life-threatening injuries.

Hayden played at the University of Houston and Zachary McMillian and Ralph Oragwu, two of his former teammates, were also killed in the crash while another former teammate, Jeffrey Lewis, was injured.