Alcohol and the powerful opioid fentanyl killed a student from South Carolina who was left at a hospital after watching parades 10 days before Mardi Gras.
after watching parades 10 days before Mardi Gras, the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office reported Thursday.
Attorneys Justin Bamberg, L. Chris Stewart, Brandon DeCuir and Michael Adams said they need information about an Uber driver who reportedly drove the 21-year-old University of New Orleans student from Bamberg, South Carolina, to look for her car."They want to know what the Uber driver did as he witnessed a passenger dying, and why he never called 911 as he witnessed a medical emergency," the statement said.
The coroner's office said Whetstone died about 7 a.m. on Feb. 19 at a hospital in eastern New Orleans. "This coroner's report simply confirmed what we already suspected: she died of an overdose and her Uber driver failed to take appropriate action," the lawyers said.
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