KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho man has died after being found unconscious while working in the flooded basement of a home.
KTVB-TV reports (https://bit.ly/2ptgXbH ) 54-year-old Mike J. Wirth had been pulled from about six feet of water in the basement on Wednesday.
A rescue team from Blaine County Sheriff’s Office began life-saving procedures before taking Wirth to a hospital.
Wirth had been the owner of a landscape company and was assisting the home’s residents with flooding. The residents had called 911 after hearing him scream for help.
The sheriff’s office had said a cause of death is still undetermined. The death is currently under investigation.
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Information from: KTVB-TV, https://www.ktvb.com/
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