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Phillies: Details of Roy Halladay plane crash revealed

Further details regarding the tragic passing of late, great Hall of Fame pitcher RHP Roy Halladay were revealed on Wednesday in a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report.

Halladay’s small Icon A5 propeller-driven plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on November 7, 2017. At the time of the tragedy, his system reportedly had high-levels of morphine, an anti-depressant that can impair judgement, and amphetamines — about 10 times therapeutic levels — while doing “extreme acrobatics” when he lost control, according to The Associated Press.

BREAKING: The NTSB has opened the investigative docket for Hall of Fame pitcher Roy Halladay's fatal plane crash from Nov.