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Former Phillies RHP Tyson Brummett dies at 35 in plane crash

Tragedy struck Utah’s American Fork Canyon early Friday morning, when four people died in a plane crash — among them, former Philadelphia Phillies right-handed pitcher Tyson Brummett, according to ABC 4 Utah News. The crash occurred in a remote area, requiring investigators and search crews to be flown to the site; its cause is still under investigation.

Brummett, who was 35 years old, was drafted by the Phillies in the seventh round of the 2007 amateur draft out of the University of California, Los Angeles, the same alma mater as Chase Utley.