Baltimore native and former NFL safety Keion Carpenter died from blunt-force head trauma sustained when he fell during a recent vacation to Miami, according to an autopsy report by the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner.
The investigation report said Carpenter, 39, collapsed about 8:15 p.m. Dec. 27 after running with his son to the family’s car. Carpenter grabbed the driver’s side mirror of the car before falling backward and striking his head on the ground. After his wife called 911, the report said, Carpenter regained consciousness and told medical responders his head hurt and he felt hot. He subsequently suffered cardiac arrest while traveling by ambulance to Jackson South Community Medical. He was unresponsive when he arrived at the hospital.
Carpenter died Dec. 29 at 6:47 a.m. The official cause of death was acute epidural hematoma caused by head trauma, and the autopsy report listed Carpenter’s fall as an accident. A toxicology report was not complete as of Friday afternoon, an official at the medical examiner’s office said, but the investigation report said Carpenter had consumed a single rum and pineapple drink on the day he collapsed.
Carpenter’s funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore.
