NEW YORK (WABC) -- A man choked to death on a hot dog over the summer, but now the accident has been re-classified as a homicide. The victim, a 65-year-old man, died when he suffered a seizure eating a hot dog at his apartment in Chelsea. But now the Medical Examiner says Crawford's seizures were caused by an attack against him 44 years ago. Back in July, 65-year-old Jimmie Crawford began choking in his Chelsea apartment. Lifelong friend and neighbor Thomas Arneel ran across the hall to offer CPR. "When I went to do that I opened up his mouth, I saw bread in his mouth so I started to take the bread out of his mouth," He said. Arneel adds, "Then I tried to turn him and I saw hot dog bread underneath him." Crawford was eventually rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Apparently he choked to death on that hot dog. But Monday in a shocking turn, the Medical Examiner ruled Crawford's death a homicide saying the cause was 'asphyxia due to neurological impairment following remote blunt impact of the head.' Crawford reportedly sustained that trauma to his head 44 years ago in1965 when he was assaulted during an altercation in the village, near Charles street and Greenwhich avenue. It left him with a metal plate in his head. So far, police aren't sure there's even a record of the decades old attack. and while Thomas Arneel remembers it, he doesn't think that killed his friend. "I don't believe so. I believe if quick medical attention were there, he would have been alive," says Arneel. Source
is that medical examiner licensed? homicide resulted from a case years ago .. that's just ridiculous even if it's true. there is no way to prosecute anyone now .. i think the proper thing to do was to rule accidental death, let the man rest in peace, and to give his family closure. sigh ...
cause and effect, it's a hold lot of events that led him to his death, that hot dog sure didn't help. At least he went with a full stomach and old age.
I feel sorry for the old guy. He could of gone out by old age but instead a hotdog did him in. It would ironic if the fastest hot dog eatter to meet a fate on what they do best at xD
lol! better off just leaving the whole situation as CHOKED to death rather than homicide, now it's just illogical to me with the whole explaination why its a homicide =/ *sigh* i'll still eat my hot dog hehe, i love 'em!!!
