No alcohol in suspected drunk driver who died after leaving police custody

No alcohol in suspected drunk driver who died after leaving police custody, widow  says.
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Colin Gray was arrested and charged  on November 29,  2024, with reckless driving. The 63-year-old spent more than five hours in police custody and died after being released. The family said  the results  showed he had no alcohol in his blood and  that the symptoms were related to his  type 2  diabetes 1:21
Colin Gray had no alcohol in  his blood when he died after being released from police custody  due to  his alcoholism, his widow Rose  Gray said. The family's  attorney has formally  requested a  medical examiner's investigation into  Gray's death.  They are seeking to  publicize the circumstances that led to his death and prevent  a repeat of it.
"It's not easy because every  day I try to move  forward and  get back to my routine, but it's not easy,"  Rose said, fighting back tears. "I don't have my best friend to  call anymore. He  would call me at least seven times a day  to ask how  I was doing and I don't have  him anymore."
Colin, 63, was  returning to Canada  via the Ambassador Bridge  on the morning of Nov.  11. 29.
The Media officers suspected  Colin of driving  recklessly and asked  him to  take a breathalyzer  test.

Christian Grey, right, said his father tried to  give a breath sample to border  agents but was physically unable to do so. 
His son Christian, who was with him in the car, said his father was  physically unable to  breathe enough to  take the  test.
"It was  tough," Christian said  of his father's experience with the  police. "They denied him a basic  right"
From the  start, his family  has maintained  that Colin was not drunk and did not drink alcohol. They say  the police  misinterpreted Colin's symptoms of  type 2 diabetes and diabetic neuropathy in his  feet.
"My brother  was not drunk." "My brother  was not drunk," said Colin's  brother, Derek  Gray. "My brother told these  people, 'I'm diabetic.'  As soon as he said those words, they should have called  a doctor." They denied him a basic  right."
Family lawyer Joel  Dick said Colin never  received medical attention during  the five-plus hours  he spent in  custody.
Derek and Christian  Grey
Colin's son, Christian, right, and  Colin's brother, Derek, left, say they  don't want other families to go through the pain  they experienced. 
A CBSA spokesperson previously told CBC News that officers followed all internal protocols, including asking if they  had any  health issues when they ate their last meal and checking on them every 15 minutes in a  cell.
"Honestly, we  don't know if the policies are  wrong or if  they're not being followed," Dick said. "The only way, the best way, to get to the bottom of all these  issues and to make sure this never happens to another family is to have a  judicial investigation."
The coroner's  investigation into the death  has not officially  concluded, but Rose said someone in the office called to let  him know last week  that there was no alcohol in his  blood. The Office of the Chief  Medical Examiner told CBC News that a decision on an inquest request cannot be made until the death investigation is  complete, which  could take six to nine  months.
Colin was eventually transferred to Windsor police custody. He was released the same day after being held for more than five hours between  two law enforcement  agencies.
Dick said Windsor police charged him with failing to provide a breath sample and driving while  intoxicated.
Moments after  his release, Windsor police said he  suffered medical distress outside police headquarters and later  died. A Windsor police  spokesman could not say  in advance whether officers  had been informed of Colin's medical information,  whether he  had received medical  attention or  whether he had been offered anything to eat or drink while in custody.

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