Michael Hastings's widow: His death was just a tragic accident.
According to family members, they had gathered to stage an intervention into his drug use. At one point he was thought to be bipolar, but the symptoms were later related to drug use. And he had at some point expressed feelings of invincibility. There is a link in the article to the full autopsy report.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-michael-hastings-meth-coroner-20130820,0,5038230.story
Coroner's officials said Hastings had traces of amphetamine in his system, consistent with possible intake of methamphetamine many hours before death, as well as marijuana. Neither were considered a factor in the crash, according to toxicology reports.
The cause of death was massive blunt force trauma consistent with a high-speed crash. He likely died within seconds, the report said.
Hastings had arrived in Los Angeles from New York the day before the accident, with his brother scheduled to arrive later the day of the crash "as his family was attempting to get [Hastings] to go to detox," the report stated.
Hastings was believed sober for 14 years, but had recently begun using drugs again in the past month or so, according to the coroner's office, based on interviews with family members.
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