PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a jail inmate on the Olympic peninsula is being treated in a hospital after he attempted suicide.
The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office says the 34-year-old man was found in his cell Friday afternoon during a routine inmate welfare check at the jail in Port Angeles, Washington.
The sheriff’s office says deputies immediately called for help and started CPR. Authorities say paramedics arrived within minutes and that the man was taken to a local hospital.
Officials say deputies had checked on the man less than an hour before when they delivered his lunch.
A multi-agency investigative team is investigating the incident.
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