Amy Tryon who was an Olympic and World Equestrian Games medalist in eventing, died of an accidental overdose of prescription medications following an injury just days before her death.

The King County Coroner, Seattle, Washington, reported that she had as many as six different medications in her system at the time of death.  According to a statement given to Chronicle of the Horse by Tryon's husband, Greg, it was the combination of drugs, rather than the amount, which caused her death.

"She had her jaw dislocated on the Sunday before her death by a horse," said her husband, Greg. "She’d had surgery to have both joints put back in on Tuesday. She took way too many of her muscle relaxants, plus the pain medication that she was on for the jaw, and apparently some other stuff as well. You couple all that together, and it’s a lethal combination. She was taking it as her management of the pain from the jaw. She wasn’t on that prior to that event. According to the medical examiner, it wasn’t the amount that was in her system, it was the different types. It was a poor choice on her part, and it had disastrous effects.

For more information, check the Chronicle of the Horse and the Seattle Times.