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Angels' Tyler Skaggs Choked to Death With Opioids, Alcohol in System

A toxicology report revealed that late Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs had Fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in his system when he was found dead in July. While under the influence of the three substances, Skaggs choked on his vomit and died. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office listed his cause of death as a mixture of “alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication with terminal aspiration of gastric contents."

According to the report, as obtained by the Los Angeles Times, the death was ruled an accident.

The Southlake, Tx., Police Department is still investigating the death.