Fernandez had cocaine, alcohol in his system

Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez had cocaine and alcohol in his system when his boat crashed into a Miami Beach jetty, according to toxicology reports released Saturday.

It’s not clear whether Fernandez was driving when the boat crashed Sept. 25, killing the 24-year-old baseball star and two of his friends. But Fernandez had a blood-alcohol content level of 0.147, well above Florida’s legal limit of 0.08, according to autopsy reports released by the Miami-Dade County medical examiner’s office.

Associate Medical Examiner Kenneth Hutchins listed the cause of death as “boat crash” for Fernandez, 27-year-old Emilio Jesus Macias and 25year-old Eduardo Rivero. Each

man suffered blunt force injuries to his head and body.

Toxicology reports showed Macias and Rivero had alcohol levels below the state’s legal limit, and Rivero also had cocaine in his system.

The bodies had a strong odor of alcohol when they were recovered by divers, and investigators found evidence the boat was speeding when it slammed into the jetty, according to a search warrant affidavit released last week by the Miami-Dade County state attorney’s office.

The affidavit said officials had recovered a receipt for alcohol from American Social Bar & Kitchen, where the three

men had been before the crash.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez directed the medical examiner’s office to release the autopsy reports after the Miami Herald sued the medical examiner’s office seeking their release.

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