Toxicology results from a plane crash that claimed the lives of six people in Howland Township in June reveal the presence of fentanyl and alcohol in the co-pilot's blood.

According to the coroner's report for co-pilot Timothy Blake, a post-mortem drug screening revealed "acute mixed fentanyl and ethanol intoxication."

While the report lists the cause of death as "catastrophic blunt force thoracic trauma" for the co-pilot, it also lists that Blake had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.063, which is lower than the legal limit, but that he had 78 ng/mL of fentanyl and 27 mL of norefentanyl in his system at the time.

Fentanyl is a schedule II prescription opioid used for pain management and the induction of anesthesia.

According to the report, Blake did have a history of fentanyl u

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