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Heart attack kills Ventura inmate during recreation period
Sunday February 09, 2003
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) A 28-year-old Ventura County jail inmate
died of a heart attack while playing basketball at a rooftop
recreation area, coroner's investigators said Sunday.
An autopsy indicated that Laquentine Holt, of Camarillo,
suffered from heart disease which was exacerbated by the exercise,
said senior Deputy Medical Examiner James Baroni.
At about 8:50 a.m. Saturday, the inmate was playing basketball
on a rooftop recreation area at the detention facility when a jail
employee saw him collapse, said sheriff's Deputy Juan Ponce. He was
taken to the county hospital where he was pronounced dead about an
hour later, Ponce said.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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