YOUNGSTOWN — Authorities say no charges will be filed in the July death of a musician who was struck by a vehicle.

Lt. Eric Brown of the Ohio State Highway Patrol Canfield Post said the investigation into Sean Ryan Baran’s death has concluded and the department will not file charges against Richard Weimer, the driver of the car that hit him.

The report on the July 26 crash shows that Baran, 35, was killed when he was struck by Weimer’s Volkswagen Jetta when he stepped onto Market Street at Fairview Boulevard near Midlothian Boulevard.

A case history attached to Baran’s death certificate issued Sept. 30 by the Mahoning County Medical Examiner’s Office states that paramedics found him dead on the road when they arrived at the scene.

Weimer told police he was driving at or below the posted speed limit of 40 mph when he ran in front of Baran’s car. There is no stop sign for traffic along Market Street at this intersection.

The certificate states that the cause of death was “blunt force injuries with internal organ, vascular and skeletal injuries.” He suffered blunt force injuries to his head and neck, fractures to his ribs and sternum, a severed aorta, ruptured spleen, various internal bleeding and broken limbs, among other injuries, the statement says.

The medical examiner’s report also indicates that the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner, who performed an autopsy on Baran, found marijuana compounds in his body.

But both Brown and officials from the coroner’s and coroner’s offices say that doesn’t mean Baran was drunk at the time of the crash.

“It is generally understood that the effects of prescription medications, alcohol and illicit drugs can vary greatly among individuals depending on many factors,” said Octavation Jones, an investigator with the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office.

“Toxicology findings alone cannot tell you the degree of impairment,” said Cuyahoga County toxicologist Luigino Appolonio. “There is a psychoactive component (Delta-9 THC) detected and confirmed in the blood, but other elements will determine the degree of impairment.”

Those elements, he said, would include witness statements about the person’s behavior before their death. Brown said the investigation did not turn up any evidence that would lead to a verdict one way or the other.

“Marijuana can linger in your system for a while. “Without any face-to-face interaction or sobriety testing with the deceased prior to the crash, it would be difficult to say this was a factor,” he said.

Baran was known and loved in Youngstown and regional music communities. He graduated summa cum laude from Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music performance. He served as organist at Boardman United Methodist Church and as artist-in-residence at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland, Pennsylvania, where he ran the piano program for the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School.

His biography on the Boardman United Methodist Church website lists Baran as secretary of the Youngstown Music Teachers Association, vice president of student activities for the Middle East Region of the Ohio Music Teachers Association, and Senior Advisor for Region 1 of the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs. It is stated. He was also a member of the American Guild of Organists and previously served on the board of directors of the Youngstown Chapter.