Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay, a two-time Cy Young Award winner who retired from baseball nearly four years ago, died in a crash of an Icon A5 light sport amphibian in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida Tuesday afternoon. He was the only one aboard, according to the Pasco County Sheriffs office.
Former MLB Pitcher Roy Halladay Dies in Plane Crash
Key Takeaways:
- Former MLB pitcher Roy Halladay, 40, died in the crash of his recently acquired Icon A5 light sport amphibian in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Halladay, a private pilot, had expressed on social media that owning the Icon A5 fulfilled a lifelong dream he could pursue after retiring from baseball.
- This incident is the third Icon A5 crash in the past year, bringing renewed attention to safety concerns and previous criticism of Icon's promotional videos for glorifying aggressive low-level maneuvers.
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