An Arizona man with a recent history of mental illness died Tuesday after being Tasered by a Hurricane City Police officer southeast of Hurricane, according to family members and law enforcement reports.
Brian Cardall, 32, a doctoral student in molecular ecology at Northern Arizona University, was traveling south on State Road 59 when the incident occurred, according to a KSL news report.
Cardall was the son of KSL Editorial Director Duane Cardall and was returning home after visiting his family in Salt Lake City, the report said.
"Police and medical personnel responded to a call for assistance with an agitated subject on State Route 59," Undersheriff Jake Adams of the Washington County Sheriff's Office said in a prepared statement. "During the incident, a Hurricane City Police officer deployed a Taser and the subject lost consciousness."
Cardall was treated on the scene by medical personnel but was declared dead after being transported to Dixie Regional Medical Center. Adams said an autopsy is planned Wednesday. For further information, see Wednesday's edition of The Spectrum.
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