South County coroner reports 101 cases in April; transports down, office participated in mock prom exercise

Rich Bach, representing the coroner’s office, reported to the Public Safety board that the office handled 101 cases in April.

“For my report for the month of April, we had 2 accidental deaths, no traffic accidents, 1 natural, 0 undetermined, 0 homicides, 0 suicides, [an] overdose that occurred in Sheridan, 3 medical, 94 natural case, and for a total of a 101 cases for the month of April,” Rich Bach said.

Board member Joanne asked how many decedents the office transported. Rich Bach said he did not have exact numbers on hand but estimated two or three transports for the month and told the board transports have been reduced to less than a third of previous levels.

The chair described participating in a mock prom incident organized with school districts, fire departments and the sheriff’s office to discourage drinking and driving and said the coroner’s transport van was shown at that community event.

The board moved to accept the coroner’s report by motion and approved it by voice vote.