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Jun 3, 2008 6:45 pm US/Pacific

SF Tiger Attack Victim Had Pot, Alcohol In System

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS / AP) ― A teenager who was mauled and killed by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day had marijuana and alcohol in his system at the time, the San Francisco Medical Examiner said in a toxicology report released Tuesday.

The toxicology was included with an autopsy that determined 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr. was killed by "blunt force injuries of the head and neck."
 
Besides suffering many punctures and scratches to his head, neck, and chest, the boy had a fractured skull and spine. The autopsy report said his jugular vein had been cut.

Sousa's two friends, Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal, also were seriously injured when a 250-pound Siberian tiger escaped its enclosure at the zoo on Dec. 25 and attacked the three of them.

Michael Cardoza, a lawyer for the Sousa family, said it was irrelevant whether the teen was drinking or smoking pot before he was mauled. The family is suing the city of San Francisco.

The wall surrounding the tiger's enclosure was found to be 4 feet lower than recommended industry standards.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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