A former U.N. General Assembly president who was awaiting
trial in a $1million bribery scandal died in a weightlifting accident when a
barbell he was lifting from a bench dropped on his neck, an autopsy revealed.
John Ashe was declared dead at his home on Wednesday
afternoon by a paramedic who responded to his home in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He
was 61.
Dr. Kunjlata Ashar, Westchester County's medical examiner,
said the cause of death - traumatic asphyxia - was determined during an
autopsy.
It was deemed an accident based on a combination of
information from the autopsy and an investigation by the Dobbs Ferry Police
Department, officials said.
In a statement, the police department said the death appears
accidental, but provided little information otherwise.
Ashe, a former United Nations ambassador from the
twin-island Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda, was arrested last fall.
Ashe pleaded not guilty to tax charges related to a bribery
scandal. His attorney said he was planning to go to trial.
Source: MailOnline
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