Autopsies: Blunt trauma killed Kobe Bryant; no drugs, alcohol found in helicopter pilot’s system

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others aboard a helicopter died of blunt trauma when the aircraft crashed into a California hillside Jan. 26, multiple media outlets reported.

Nearly four months after the crash, the Los Angeles County coroner's office released the autopsy results of all nine victims Friday, along with toxicology results for pilot Ara Zobayan that detected no alcohol or illegal substances in his bloodstream, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The Los Angeles County coroner autopsy report says blunt force trauma was cause of death in the crash that killed Kobe Bryant https://t.co/GiXfKveb0j
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The autopsy reports, totaling 180 pages, concluded that the deaths of all nine victims were immediate and accidental, the newspaper reported.

According to The New York Times, the National Transportation and Safety Board is still reviewing the case with a focus on weather conditions that day near Calabasas, California.

In addition to Kobe Bryant, 41; Gianna Bryant, 13; and Zobayan, 50; the six other passengers included Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, 56; Keri Altobelli, 46; Alyssa Altobelli, 14; Christina Mauser, 38; Payton Chester, 13; and her mother, Sarah, 45.

"These injuries are rapidly if not instantly fatal," a medical examiner wrote in Kobe Bryant's 17-page autopsy, The New York Times reported.