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LaSalle County coroner’s office reports rise in deaths, seeks updated mutual-aid agreement and will host needle disposal boxes
Summary
The coroner’s office reported a year-to-date rise in deaths, is updating mutual-aid agreements through the Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, and confirmed installation of a public sharps-disposal box at an Oglesby facility.
A coroner’s office representative told the LaSalle County Public Safety Committee the county is seeing an uptick in deaths and is working to finalize an updated mutual-aid agreement for medical examiner services.
The office reported for March: 1 accidental death, zero traffic-accident deaths, 4 coroner natural deaths, multiple suicides and two overdoses (in Ottawa and Streator). The speaker said the office recorded 118 deaths year-to-date and noted the county was “55 ahead of the curve” compared with the prior year at the same point.
Mutual-aid and interagency coordination: The committee…
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