Updated - Tottenham man died in hospital

Update Posted September 6 (3:30 pm) - The 44-year-old Tottenham man whose initial brush with police yesterday afternoon turned into a medical emergency in the car wash lot on Queen Street, died this morning at North York Hospital. News of his death was embargoed earlier today so his family could be notified first. His name was not released. A post mortem was expected to take place today or tomorrow morning.

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Police call turns medical emergency OPP and paramedics tend to a 44-year-old Tottenham man yesterday afternoon who had suffered cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. The OPP officer performed CPR before paramedics arrived.

Unwanted male call turned into medical emergency in Tottenham

Posted September 6, 2012

At 3:42 pm yesterday, Nottawasaga OPP were dispatched to 17 Queen Street North to deal with an "Unwanted Person call."

"When Police arrived a male party was sitting on the steps, not very coherent and semi-conscious," according to information released this morning by Nottawasaga OPP.

The 44-year-old male was placed in the back seat of the OPP crusier when his condition turned worse. Paramedics were called to the scene.

"The male went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. One of our officers (Provincial Constable James Hargreaves) performed CPR on the male before paramedics arrived."

He was transported to Stevenson Memorial Hospital wheeled into emergency as CPR was still being administered. He was then transferred to North York Hospital in diabetic shock/coma.

At this post, it's all the information OPP were releasing for publication.

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