Hallucinating Man Flees Medical Center, Dies

SPOKANE, Wash. — A man who was suffering from hallucinations died on August 13 after fleeing from a hospital.

Police responded to a call from the man and called for an ambulance, The Spokesman-Review reports. The man was transported to the hospital.

A few hours later, hospital personnel called police to report that the man had fled and security was following him. When police arrived, the man had stopped breathing.

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