Death of Sooners LB Box ruled accidental (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

The state Medical Examiner's office says Oklahoma linebacker Austin Box had five prescription painkillers and an anti-anxiety drug in his system when he died. The death of the 22-year-old Box on May 19 was ruled accidental in the report released Tuesday. The agency says the combination of drugs likely caused pulmonary edema -- or fluid in the lungs -- and aspiration pneumonia -- inflammation of...

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