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Families, county officials press Onslow County over 3‑hour delay in removing deceased after workplace death
Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment described a three‑hour wait for contracted transport after a Jacksonville man died at work; speakers and commissioners urged county staff to review the contract and options so families do not face lengthy waits in future incidents.
Multiple family members and community representatives told the Onslow County Board of Commissioners on June 16 that a contracted transport delay left a deceased man lying in a parking lot for about three hours after he died at work.
Dennis Arnie, who identified himself as the deceased man's brother, said his brother collapsed while at work at Modern Exterminating and an autopsy was ordered. “We waited there for over 3 hours for someone to come pick up his body while it laid there in a parking lot in the sun,” Arnie said during public comments. He questioned why the county’s contracted transport came from Rocky…
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