(L.A.) Ryan Dela Vega, 39, Died in a Hospital 🏳️‍🌈

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Case Number: 2023-03718

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 39-year-old Asian male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Ryan Dela Vega.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Obesity

Other Significant Conditions: Hypertension, Effects of Methamphetamine and Opiates

RIP RYAN DELA VEGA (July 4, 1983 – April 6, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday at 8:20 a.m.

The decedent is of Filipino descent. He was born on the Fourth of July.

Death by obesity is normally classified as a natural death, but this was ruled an accident, likely because it was the drugs that precipitated the death.

Drug deaths are frequently categorized as accidents under the assumption that the users didn’t intend to kill themselves.