Overview

• Authorities and medical personnel found Hinds unresponsive at the scene near Memorial Drive SE and Boulevard SE, where he was pronounced dead.
• A post-mortem reported multiple blunt force injuries as the cause of death, according to the Fulton County medical examiner.
• Atlanta police say the BMW driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, and no public charges have been announced.
• Mastodon mourned Hinds on social media and paid an onstage tribute at the Alaska State Fair, with drummer Brann Dailor honoring his 25 years in the band.
• Hinds co-founded Mastodon in 2000, earned a 2018 Grammy with the group, and had parted ways with the band in March in a split later disputed by Hinds.