Toledo mayor suffers cardiac arrest while driving home from news conference

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Source: CNN

Toledo, Ohio, Mayor Michael Collins has been hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest while driving Sunday afternoon.

Collins was headed home from a news conference on the city's snow emergency around 2 p.m. when he lost consciousness and his car slammed into a utility pole, said his spokeswoman Stacy Weber.

CNN affiliate WTVG said a woman performed CPR on the mayor after breaking a window and removing him from the vehicle.

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City Council President Paula Hicks-Hudson was sworn in as acting mayor.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/02/us/toledo-mayor-cardiac-arrest/index.html

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1. Yikes. Hope he recovers, that's awful.

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2. too early for prognosis

Doctor: Too soon for prognosis on Toledo mayor's recovery

http://news.yahoo.com/toledo-mayor-critical-condition-heart-attack-113312693.html

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3. Good Samaritans are everywhere. It probably took a lot of courage, but this woman stepped up!

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4. everyone should know how to do CPR.