Lea Michele found out about Cory Monteith’s death through phone call

when she found out about Monteith’s death on the evening of

July 13.

Michele got the call around 10 pm. The person on the other end of the line had been desperate to reach her before the

news broke,reported Us magazine

Monteith,31,had been found dead in a Vancouver,British

Columbia,hotel room that afternoon. The staff discovered his

body after breaking his room as he had missed the check out

time. The Canada-born actor was in the city to meet his

mother.

“Lea completely lost her mind. She went crazy,screaming and crying until 3 am,” a source told the website. “Lea has been inconsolable and feels like she’s been hit by a truck. She didn’t know he’d started using again,” the source said.

The actor,who had a drug related past,got treated in a rehab this April but toxicology reports revealed that he had accidentally overdosed on heroin and alcohol.

Monteith was cremated in Vancouver on Tuesday. Michele was

with his family at that time.