Ex-UO student cleared in fellow student’s fatal overdose

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A judge has cleared a former University of Oregon student of wrongdoing in the death of a fellow student who suffered an overdose at his apartment in 2014.

The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2e5JRGR ) prosecutors had tried to blame Kevin Christopher Post, a pre-med student at the time, for Cody Bennett’s death. They argued that Post was responsible because he had given Bennett an unregulated, anti-anxiety drug shortly before he overdosed.

A judge determined Thursday that prosecutors failed to prove Post’s drug dealing caused the fatal accident.

A medical examiner had ruled Bennett died from a mixture of cocaine and alcohol that he consumed before arriving at Post’s apartment.

The 25-year-old Post is charged in a separate case and pleaded guilty last week to possessing and selling LSD and psychedelic mushrooms.

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Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com