Utah Man dies from Police Taser
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Son of KSL editorial director dies after being tased by police
June 9th, 2009 @ 7:35pm
By John Hollenhorst
WASHINGTON COUNTY -- A 32-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon after he was tased by a Hurricane police officer.
Brian Cardall is the son of KSL's Editorial Director Duane Cardall.
Brian Cardall and his family
He and his wife, who is six months pregnant, were traveling south on State Road 59 just outside of Hurricane after visiting his family in Salt Lake City.
According to his wife, Cardall, who has a recent history of mental illness, was having an episode that prompted them to pull over to medicate.
Once stopped, Cardall got out of the vehicle and began to run down the road.
His wife called 911. Not long after, she found out he had been tased and was unresponsive.
CPR was administered on scene. Cardall was taken to the Dixie Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office is investigating.
In a press release on its website, the Sheriff's office writes:
Police and medical personnel responded to a call for assistance with an agitated subject on State Route 59 this afternoon in Washington County. During the incident, a Hurricane City Police Officer deployed a taser and the subject lost consciousness. The subject was treated within moments by EMS personnel, but was pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital.
Cardall was a doctoral candidate in biology at Northern Arizona University.
In a statement his family said, "Brian is a wonderful son, brother, father, and husband who loved being with people. He was full of personality and wanted to make a difference in this world. He was working on his PhD in Molecular Ecology at Northern Arizona University. He loved being in the outdoors and with his daughter Ava and beautiful wife Anna. We will miss Brian but are comforted by our faith."
The Hurricane Police Department and the Taser company also issued statements Tuesday regarding this incident.