The woman who died after being taken to the hospital by NFL player Montae Nicholson passed away due to an accidental fentanyl overdose ... TMZ Sports has learned.
We broke the story, back on Nov. 14, Nicholson and a friend found 21-year-old Julia Crabbe "foaming at the mouth" in Nicholson's Ashburn, Virginia home after a night out.
According to police documents, Nicholson and the friend took Crabbe to a nearby hospital ... where she was later pronounced dead.
Now, TMZ Sports has learned Crabbe's death has been ruled an accident .