All-Star pitcher Roy Halladay died with drugs in his system, report says

An autopsy report revealed that Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died from blunt trauma and drowning when his ICON A5 aircraft crashed into the Gulf of Mexico Nov. 7 about 10 miles off the Pinellas County coast.

The All-Star athlete also had traces of drugs in his system, TMZ reports. A toxicology report came back positive for morphine and amphetamines, as well as zolpidem, which is better known as Ambien. According to Spectrum Bay News 9, his blood-alcohol content was 0.01 percent.

Halladay, 40, crashed the plane about a month after receiving it. The plane’s chief test pilot died in a crash involving the same model last May, according to CNN.

Witnesses who saw Halladay flying the plane on the day of his death told Bay News 9 the plane was smoking and flying low. He was the only person in the two-seater aircraft.

Medical examiners found that Halladay suffered rib and leg fractures, liver, lung and spleen injuries, as well as a subdural hemorrhage, according to TMZ.

Halladay pitched in the big leagues for 16 years, winning 203 games and losing 105. During his time in MLB, he won the Cy Young Award twice and pitched a no-hitter in the 2010 playoffs.

This story was originally published January 19, 2018 at 5:35 PM with the headline "All-Star pitcher Roy Halladay died with drugs in his system, report says."