PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The National Transportation Safety Board says witnesses saw Roy Halladay flying his plane in low altitude prior to the crash that claimed the life of the former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher.
Halladay, 40, crashed his ICON A5 plane in the Gulf of Mexico shortly after noon on Tuesday.
Noreen Price, the accident investigator for the NTSB, says Halladay’s plane was found inverted in four feet of water.
“It looked like a high-energy impact. All the pieces were there. Most everything was attached,” said Price, adding that witnesses have said that Halladay’s plane was flying at a low altitude.