Most of this information is not new, but we got some specific details from the National Transportation Safety Board, which released a report on Wednesday evening.

From the Associated Press:

Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had high levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of his small plane and nosedived into the Gulf of Mexico in 2017, killing him, a National Transportation Safety Board report issued Wednesday said.

Halladay had amphetamine levels about 10 times therapeutic levels in his blood along with a high level of morphine and an anti-depressant that can impair judgement as he performed high-pitch climbs and steep turns, sometimes within 5 feet (1.5 meters) of the water, the report says about the Nov. 7, 2017, crash off the coast of Florida.

The maneuvers put loads of nearly two-times gravity on the plane, an Icon A5 Halladay had purchased a month earlier. On the last maneuver, Halladay entered a steep climb and his speed fell to about 85 miles per hour (135 kph). The propeller-driven plane went into a nosedive and smashed into the water. The report says Halladay, 40, died of blunt force trauma and drowning.

The toxicology report released after his death revealed the existence of those drugs in his system. Halladay retired with back and shoulder injuries in 2013 and his substance abuse did not come as a surprise to family members, which was documented in a Stephanie Apstein story for Sports Illustrated.

The NTSB report also revealed that Halladay, two weeks before the accident, flew under the lower Tampa Bay’s Skyway Bridge, which only has a 180-foot clearance. He reportedly had not received low altitude training.

The whole thing was really sad back then and is still really sad in 2020.

RIP Doc.