Sheriff John W. Bechtold Jr. of the Campbell
County Sheriff's Office in Mound City, SD suffered a fatal heart
attack shortly after arriving at the scene of a fatal accident
near Herreid, SD on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at approximately
2300 hours.
The sheriff and his deputy were the first responders to arrive
and he was performing CPR on one of the accident victims when he
began to feel ill and collapsed. He died en route to a local
hospital.
Sheriff Bechtold had served as sheriff for two years and had
previously served as a deputy with the Campbell County Sheriff's
Office for 6 years. He is survived by his wife and two
daughters. |