Source: Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died from blunt force trauma with drowning as a contributing factor when he crashed his personal plane into the water off New Port Richey in November, according to an autopsy report released Friday.

Halladay, an All-Star with the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies, was 40 years old. He had retired to the Tampa Bay region, lived in Odessa and helped coach the baseball team at Calvary Christian High School, where his oldest son Braden played.

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He was an avid flyer who owned an ICON A5 — an amphibious two-seat plane with foldable wings. A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash said that Halladay flew very close to homes and the surface of the Gulf of Mexico shortly before crashing Nov. 7. Video from around the time of the incident shows the plane flying a couple hundred feet in the air before dropping toward the water.

The NTSB report did not identify the cause of the crash.

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Halladay’s body was found in about six feet of water. His blood-alcohol content level was 0.01, according to the toxicology results in the report released by the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner’s Office. His body also had evidence of amphetamine, morphine and a drug typically used to treat insomnia.

Halladay was among the top baseball players of his generation, twice winning the Cy Young Award given to the MLB’s best pitchers each year.

In addition to Braden, he also left behind his wife, Brandy and his youngest son Ryan.

Still can’t believe he’s gone.

It appears he was taking some meds to help him sleep and probably ease the pain of throwing all those complete games. It doesn’t appear they had any direct impact on his decision making, it just confirms that this was an accident of being a bit too reckless with your new toy. 

We love you, Roy. Forever in our hearts.