BANGOR, Maine — Police have identified a man who was found dead in a van outside a local hospital earlier this week.
Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards confirmed the deceased man is Joseph Ward, 35, of Bangor, according to a news release on Wednesday afternoon.
A security guard at St. Joseph Hospital had found a van idling in the facility’s parking lot just after 1 a.m. Sunday, with Ward unconscious in the back seat.
Even though rescue crews smashed out the windows to get to him, Ward already was deceased.
Edwards did not disclose a cause of death, as police are investigating that aspect while awaiting results from toxicology reports.
Edwards had said drug-related paraphernalia had been found in the van.
Definitely probably a drug over dose
Definitely or probably? Which?
It was definitely a very typical overdose scenario.
KIRK has it covered.
Definitely / probably…..
Kinda , maybe , sorta
or shoulda , woulda , coulda ?
whatever
Maybe
Yeah that’s what I said lol
Deceased or unconscious? Which? I think Kirk was making fun of the reporter who seemes a bit confused.
The cause might be carbon monoxide. Drug or alcohol use can definitely be a contributing factor in that case.
They did say they found the vehicle running… Good point.
Tragic.
Mr Ward was only 35 with a full life ahead of him.
RIP.
It’s not good. He will be missed by his family.
Drug related paraphernalia could be a number of things- crack pipe, scale, needle, rolling papers…
“Even though rescue crews smashed out the windows to get to him, Ward already was deceased.”
That would be “dead.” “Deceased” is a euphemism used by a stiff spokesman.
Isn’t “stiff” also a euphemism for “corpse?”