Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins is reported to have had ’10 different substances in his system’ at the time of his death.
Hawkins, who in Columbia during the band’s latest tour, was 50.
A statement released by the Colobian attorney general’s office on Twitter, translated from the original Spnish, read: ‘On the initial forensic medical study of the body of Taylor Hawkins, drummer of the band Foo Fighters, who died yesterday in a hotel in the north of Bogotá, the Attorney General’s Office stated the following:
‘In the urine toxicological test performed on the body of Taylor Hawkins, 10 types of substances were preliminarily found, including: THC (marijuana), tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids.
‘The National Institute of Forensic Medicine continues the medical studies to fully clarify the events that led to the death of Taylor Hawkins.
‘The Office of the Prosecutor of the Nation will continue with the investigation and will report the results obtained in the framework thereof in a timely manner.
The investigation into his death is ongoing.
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