Tyson Brummett, Ex-Philadelphia Phillies pitcher, dead when plane piloted by MLB player CRASHES in Utah – The Sun

FORMER MLB professional baseball pitcher Tyson Brummett died in a plane crash in the Utah mountains on Friday morning.

The 35-year-old, who appeared in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies, died alongside three others when the small plane he was piloting crashed just south of Salt Lake City.

All four people in the small plane, including Brummett's 35-year-old friend Alex Ruenger and Ruenger's aunt and uncle Elaine and Douglas Blackhurst, 60 and 62, appeared to be killed on impact, according to the Utah County Sherriff's office.

The plane crashed in the American Fork Canyon on an elevation of 8,500 feet, and a witness hiking in the area said the plane began to turn before spiralling downward.

The cause of the crash has yet to be determined and will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration.

Tyson Brummett took off from the South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan, located about 24 miles from the scene of the crash.

Right-handed Brummett pitched professionally for eight seasons, and appeared in one MLB game, striking out two of four batters in the 2012 season single against the Nationals.

Brummett spent the next two seasons within the minor league systems of the Blue Jays and Dodgers before Los Angeles released him in 2014.

This crash comes three years after former Phillies ace Roy Halladay was killed at 40 while piloting a small plane off of the coast of Florida.

Halladay, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame last summer, had high levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of the aircraft in 2017.

In February this year, NBA superstar Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.

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