Pilot In Texas Hot Air Balloon Crash Killing 16 Had Taken Drug Cocktail Before Liftoff
The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed near Austin in July had taken a cocktail of prohibited prescription drugs prior to liftoff before the aircraft struck power lines, killing him and 15 others, according to a published report on Friday. Citing government documents, Bloomberg reported that Alfred "Skip" Nichols had ingested the dangerous mix of drugs that included the opiate painkiller oxycodone. A highly addictive opioid chemical very similar to heroin, oxycodone is largely considered to represent ground zero of the opioid addiction crisis across North America.
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