date:Nov 05, 2012
ntainers of the drink played a role in his death.
Peter Martin, the Whitman County coroner, said Hummel's blood-alcohol level exceeded 0.4 percent and that alcohol alone was responsible for his death. The energy drink cited by the newspaper: 5-Hour Energy.
It's a provocative argument that energy drinks keep you awake so you can continue to keep drinking, Martin said in The Seattle Times story. But from our standpoint, the sole cause of death was the alcohol.
Martin said a person would have