Dwayne Haskins ‘drank heavily’ before dump truck hit him; Wife’s lawyer asks ‘to withold judgment’

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was legally drunk and had taken drugs before he was fstruck and killed by a dump truck while walking on a Florida interstate highway last month.

In an autopsy report released Monday concluded, Haskins’ blood alcohol content was 0.20, which is 2.5 times the 0.08 legal limit for driving in the state.

On Monday, Rick Ellsley, an attorney for Haskins’ wife, released a statement asking the public to “withhold judgment.”

“On behalf of Dwayne’s wife, his family, and his memory, and on behalf of the truth, we respectfully request and pray for privacy, for patience, and for the public to withhold any judgment during this period while the law enforcement authorities continue to investigate and conduct their important work.”

According to the report, he also had the painkiller ketamine and its metabolite norketamine in his system. The drug can be prescribed by a doctor, but can also be abused recreationally. The report does not say why the former Ohio State University star had it in his system.

The report said investigators found Haskins’ car out of gas near where he was hit. A woman he was with told investigators Haskins, 24, had gone to get fuel. Witnesses said he was trying to wave down cars and standing in the center lane when he was hit by the truck and then an SUV. The report said he died of blunt force trauma. No charges have been filed.

Haskins had been in South Florida training with some of his Steelers teammates. The report said Haskins had gone to dinner with teammates and then to a club with a friend or cousin, possibly in Miami. The two got into an argument and separated.

Haskins had been on the phone with his wife, Kalabrya, back in Pittsburgh shortly before he was struck, telling her he had run out of gas. She told a 911 dispatcher she was worried when he didn’t call back and wasn’t answering her calls. She could be heard praying on the recording after the dispatcher put her on hold to find out if anything had been reported. The dispatcher then told her to stay by her phone and someone would contact her.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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