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Coroner says fatal medical episode preceded man's fall

Coroner says fatal medical episode preceded man's fall
Cherokee County Coroner's Office

Natural causes has been cited as the reason that an Upstate man died after a fall during a workplace accident. As we previously reported, 32 year old John Derrick Dover died in August, after he fell from a moving Cherokee County garbage truck.

Coroner Dennis Fowler says the autopsy determined that Dover suffered from acute cardiac dysrhythmia which came prior to his fall. It was said to be Dover's 1st day on the job and his father was driving the truck.