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Jose Fernandez toxicology report offers new details in Marlins ace's death

ose Fernandez was intoxicated and had cocaine in his system at the time of this death, according to a toxicology report cited by the Miami Herald . According to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Department, the late Marlins pitcher had a blood alcohol content of .147 percent, nearly twice the legal intoxication limit.

BREAKING: Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez was drunk by nearly double the legal limit when he died in a boat crash #mh pic.twitter.com/lqFtOY9N2o

— David Ovalle (@DavidOvalle305) October 29, 2016

It's unclear if Fernandez, 24, was driving the 32-foot speedboat when it hit rocks off the coast of Miami.