Preliminary autopsy findings indicate Adam Bertek had a blood-alcohol level of .197 when he was struck and killed by a train early Sunday morning, Moorhead Police Chief David Ebinger said this morning.
"That is a very high blood-alcohol content," Ebinger said, stating that if he had that much to drink "I wouldn't be able to stand up."
Ebinger said the findings raise questions about whether any businesses violated terms of their liquor license by serving someone who showed clear signs of being intoxicated.
Bertek, a 21-year-old Concordia College student, was killed moments after running out of Mick's Office, a bar in downtown Moorhead, but Ebinger said the investigation will focus on more than one business because Bertek had been to other bars Saturday night.
"We're going to look at all aspects of this," Ebinger said.
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