Last December’s death of a Texas A&M fraternity member has been ruled accidental.
Brazos County sheriff Chris Kirk says Matthew Hayes of Beaumont took several drugs after returning home not feeling well from a night out.
Kirk says one of drugs Hayes took was hydrocodone. Investigators were told Hayes borrowed hydrocodone from a friend. The sheriff says the district attorney’s office declined to pursue charges against the friend due to the circumstances of Hayes’s death.
The sheriff says Hayes also had a blood alcohol level of 0.11.
Click below for comments from Chris Kirk, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver.
Additional information from The Associated Press:
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – Autopsy results show a Texas A&M University student whose body was found last year at his fraternity house died of an accidental drug and alcohol overdose.
The Brazos (BRAZ’-uhs) County Sheriff’s Office says Sigma Phi Epsilon member Matthew Hayes of Beaumont was discovered unresponsive Dec. 6 in his bedroom.
The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday said the 20-year-old sophomore died of a lethal mixture of alcohol and drugs, including hydrocodone. The death was ruled accidental.
Authorities say Hayes attended a formal event the night of Dec. 5 in Bryan, then returned to the fraternity house in College Station. Other members believed Hayes was asleep the next day until he missed an afternoon function and his body was found.