Taser victim had no drugs or alcohol in system, lawyer says

Test results show Robert Dziekanski had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he died minutes after police subdued him witha Taseron Oct. 13, his family's lawyer said Friday.

Dziekanskidied at Vancouver International Airport four minutes after police hit him at least twice with a Taser.

Lawyer Walter Kosteckyj told CBC News he learned the results ofdrug and alcoholtests from the coroner's office Friday morning.

"I expected them to come back negative," Kosteckyj said.

"He had been in a restricted area where you couldn't get access to food or water. It's certainly consistent with the fact that there was nothing in his luggage that the police found that would indicate there was any form of drugs or alcohol abuse."

Dziekanski's mother,Zofia Cisowski, said the toxicology results are no surprise.

"I'm so happy for the result because no drugs, no alcohol on him, and I'm so happy," Cisowski said.

Final hours still unclear

An autopsylast week failed to determine what caused Dziekanski's death. Those results concluded there was no trauma, disease or any other obvious cause.

It is unclear what happened afterDziekanski's arrivalon a lengthy flight from Europeon Oct. 13.It is known thathe spent about 10 hours at the airport waiting to meet his mother. The two never connected.

Cisowskisaid her son spoke no English and had never travelled by plane before. She said no one at the airport would help her find her son when she went to pick him up.

Witnesses say that around 1 a.m. on Oct. 14, Dziekanski became agitated and beganthrowing computer equipment around in the customs area of the airport.

Videotape from witnesses of theincident shows him calling for help in Polish shortly before he wasjolted with the Taser by police.

On Thursday, the government of Poland sent a diplomatic note to Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier demanding an explanation.