article_snippet.sent: At some point after The witness was detained, The witness suffered a severe spinal cord injury.
article_snippet.sent: The witness said The witness voice box was crushed and The witness neck snapped before The witness slipped into a coma and died.
article_snippet.sent: The van carrying The witness stopped three times on The van carrying him way to the station where The witness was to be booked, but when The van carrying him arrived at the Western District officers called for an ambulance, which took The witness to a hospital.
article_snippet.sent: The preliminary work on The witness autopsy has been done, but the medical examiner's office is waiting on toxicology results and may invite spinal experts to look at the case, authorities said.
article_snippet.sent: A full report may take 30 to 45 days.