Life and Death in the New Normal: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Newly elected Idaho mayor, Rick Hogaboam, 47, died after he collapsed mid-speech during a town hall meeting https://t.co/t3BCVwQBu2
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A newly elected Idaho mayor died after he collapsed mid-speech during a town hall meeting, despite a neighboring mayor’s desperate attempts to save him.
Nampa Mayor Rick Hogaboam suffered a “medical emergency” while speaking around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday in Eagle, Idaho, according to Idaho News.
Eagle Mayor Brad Pike, who was sitting next to the 47-year-old politician, was the first to administer CPR.
The Treasure Valley Partnership town hall meeting was adjourned as the politician was being treated by cops, fire crews and medics who rushed to the scene.