MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – The Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office has launched the post-mortem report into the demise of NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins.
According to the report, Haskins’ blood alcohol content material was 0.20 when he was fatally struck on Interstate 595 close to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport simply earlier than daybreak on April 9. That’s 2.5 instances the 0.08 legal limit for driving in the state.
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According to the University of California, Davis, and different universities, somebody of Haskins’ weight, 230 kilos (104 kilograms), would have wanted at least 10 drinks in the hours earlier than his demise to succeed in that level. He additionally had the robust painkiller ketamine and its metabolite norketamine in his system. The drug may be prescribed by a health care provider, however can be abused recreationally. The report doesn’t say why the former Ohio State University star had it in his system.
The report stated investigators discovered Haskins’ automotive out of gasoline close to the place he was hit. A girl he was with instructed investigators Haskins, 24, had gone to get gas. Witnesses stated he was attempting to wave down vehicles and standing in the heart lane when he was hit by the truck after which an SUV. The report stated he died of blunt drive trauma. No costs have been filed.
The Steelers instructed investigators that Haskins had no psychological well being points and had by no means made any suicidal threats. They stated he generally drank closely and generally used marijuana, however was not identified to make use of another leisure medication. The health worker dominated the demise an accident.
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Haskins had been in South Florida coaching with some of his Steelers teammates. The report stated Haskins had gone to dinner with teammates after which to a membership with a pal or cousin, presumably in Miami. The two received into an argument and separated.
Haskins had been on the cellphone along with his spouse, Kalabrya, again in Pittsburgh shortly earlier than he was struck, telling her he had run out of gasoline. She instructed a 911 dispatcher she was frightened when he didn’t name again and wasn’t answering her calls. She could possibly be heard praying on the recording after the dispatcher put her on maintain to search out out if something had been reported. The dispatcher then instructed her to remain by her cellphone and somebody would contact her.
Haskins starred at Ohio State in 2018, setting a number of college passing data and being named the MVP in each the Big Ten Championship recreation and in the Buckeyes’ Rose Bowl win over the Washington Huskies.
A 2019 first-round NFL draft decide by Washington, Haskins was launched by the group after going 3-10 over two seasons. He was signed by Pittsburgh as a developmental QB, however he didn’t seem in a recreation final season.
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