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Officers Cleared In Markdale Call

The Special Investigations Unit has cleared provincial police of any wrongdoing after a death in Markdale.

In the early morning hours of July 1, 2015, police responded to a call about a possible drug overdose on Main St. W in Markdale. The call came from paramedics who found a 43-year-old man in an agitated state.

The man was handcuffed and strapped to a backboard and taken to hosptial.

The SIU says the man's death tragically occurred because of a drug overdose, and nothing any officer did or failed to do contributed to his death.

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