The Fulton County Medical Examiner released Cornelius Taylor’s autopsy report Wednesday, finding blunt force trauma to his abdomen and pelvis and ruling his death was accidental.
Taylor, a homeless man living in the Old Wheat Street encampment, died Jan. 16 after an Atlanta Department of Public Works construction vehicle struck him while clearing tents and other debris from the area.
The findings in the report undermine an initial police incident narrative suggesting Taylor may have overdosed on drugs and that there were no obvious signs of serious injury when a responding officer found him in his tent…