(Fort Lauderdale) Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was drunk and using drugs when he was hit head-on by a garbage truck while walking on a Florida highway last month last, revealed an autopsy report released on Monday.
Posted at 6:21 p.m.
The Broward County Coroner’s Office said Haskins’ blood alcohol level reached 0.20 when he was pulled down on Highway 595 near Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale International Airport. That’s two and a half times the legal limit of 0.08 for driving in Florida.
According to the University of California, and other universities, a person of Haskins’ height would need to consume about 10 drinks of alcohol in the hour before death to reach the 0.20 threshold. A powerful anesthetic, ketamine, and its metabolite, norketamine, were also found in his bloodstream.
A report emerged that Haskins’ car had run out of fuel near the scene of the tragedy. The woman who was with him at the time told investigators that Haskins, who was 24, was looking for fuel. Witnesses said he tried to signal his presence to motorists while standing on the center line before being hit by a garbage truck and then an SUV. The coroner’s report said he died instantly. No charges have been filed in this case.
The Steelers told investigators that Haskins had no mental health issues and had never threatened to kill himself. They admitted that he sometimes drank heavily, and sometimes used marijuana, but never other recreational drugs. The coroner determined that the death was accidental.