Haskins, who trained in Florida with his teammates from the Pittsburgh Steelers, died on April 9 after being hit by a dump truck.
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Former Ohio Defender Dwayne Haskins was legally drunk and taking drugs before fatally knocked down a dump truck while walking on an Florida interstate an autopsy report released on Monday was completed last month.
Broward County Forensics Service said Haskins’ blood alcohol content was 0.20 when he was fatally beaten on Interstate 595 near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport shortly before dawn on April 9th. This is 2.5 times the legal limit for driving in the state of 0.08.
According to the University of California at Davis and other universities, someone with a Haskins weight of 230 pounds would need at least 10 drinks a few hours before death to reach that level. His system also had a strong analgesic ketamine and its metabolite norketamine. The drug can be prescribed by a doctor, but can also be abused for recreational purposes. The report does not say why the former Ohio State star had this in his system.
The report said investigators found Haskins’ car without gas near the place where he was shot down. The woman he was with, investigators said, 24-year-old Haskins drove for fuel. Witnesses say he was trying to swing away from cars and was standing in the center lane when he was hit by a truck and then an SUV. The report said he died from the blunt force injury. No charges have been filed.
Steelers told investigators that Haskins had no mental health problems and never threatened to commit suicide. They said he sometimes drank heavily and sometimes used marijuana, but it was not known that he used other recreational drugs. A forensic expert recognized the death as an accident.
Haskins was training in South Florida with some of his Steelers teammates. The report says Haskins went to dinner with teammates and then to a club with a friend or cousin, possibly in Miami. The two quarreled and parted.
Haskins spoke on the phone with his wife Calabria in Pittsburgh shortly before he was hit, and told her he had run out of gas. She told dispatcher 911 she was worried if he did not call back and answer her calls. The recording could be heard of her praying after the dispatcher put her on hold to find out if anything had been reported. The dispatcher then told her to stay near the phone and someone would contact her.
Haskins, who was starting in 2018, led Ohio to a 13-1 record, including the Big Ten Championship and victory over Washington in the Rose Bowl last season of Urban Meyer as head coach.
With his 4,843 yards and 50 touchdowns, Haskins was recognized as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, where he finished third in the voting.
Haskins was selected by Washington under the 15th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, but he was released in January 2021. He then signed a contract with the Steelers a month after his release.
Ohio was held by Fr. A moment of silence for Haskins at the Spring Game a week after his death. The team honored several commemorative signs, including a minute of silence, a “DH” sticker on the players ’helmets and a video package in half.
