Video Shows Phillies, Blue Jays Pitcher Roy Halladay Flying Aggressively Before Crashing in Gulf of Mexico • WED NOV 08, 2017 2:23 PM CT
Former MLB star pitcher Roy Halladay has died in a plane crash off the Florida coast, authorities say https://t.co/BU1V9FaIIm pic.twitter.com/dudhJLPfe0— CNN (@CNN) November 8, 2017
Roy Halladay's wife tried to stop @MLB pitcher from buying plane he died in: 'I was very against it' https://t.co/CvxPVaYA8A— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 8, 2017
"He was one in a million. It is a true loss for us," Pasco County official says on loss of Roy Halladay. https://t.co/FPc2kjVUb3 pic.twitter.com/vQnYcItWvh— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 7, 2017
.@TMZ: Video shows Roy Halladay flying aggressively before crash: https://t.co/bV3v3sgq7O pic.twitter.com/vgZpEky4xj— FOX 13 Tampa Bay (@FOX13News) November 8, 2017
Roy Halladay was in an aircraft that appeared to be flying erratically moments before it was involved in a fatal crash. Multiple witnesses rushed toward the aircraft and found it destroyed upside down in about 6 feet of water. TMZ Sports obtained footage shot by boaters, who would later learn that MLB pitcher Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays was the pilot of the plane. Witnesses reported the retired MLB star's plane was going from 100 feet in the air down to 5 feet and then back up again, repeatedly. |
Pitcher Roy Halladay, who won a Cy Young Award in each MLB league died Tuesday in a plane crash off the Florida coast near New Port Richey on the Gulf coast north of the Tampa Bay area. The Icon A5 aircraft Halladay was flying crashed about 12:06 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. There were not other people on board the aircraft, and Halladay was dead at the scene. |
WARNING GRAPHIC LANGUAGE: Roy Halladay appeared to be hot doggin' it in his plane in the moments before his crash -- making extreme and unusual changes in altitude ... this according to multiple witnesses. TMZ Sports has obtained footage shot by boaters who say the ex-MLB star's plane was going from 100 feet in the air down to 5 feet and then back up again ... repeatedly. Tampa Bay, FL This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 86. North wind around 5 mph. Tonight: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Thursday: Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind around 9 mph. |
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