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Lamont man stabbed to death by cockfighting bird
BY JEFF GOODMAN, Californian staff writer
jgoodman@bakersfield.com | Friday, Feb 04 2011 05:58 PM
Last Updated Friday, Feb 04 2011 05:58 PM
Cockfighting can be a fatal activity, not just for the roosters.
A 35-year-old Lamont man died Sunday after being stabbed in the leg by a sharp blade that was attached to a fighting bird, authorities said.
Jose Luis Ochoa was taken to Delano Regional Medical Center shortly after Tulare County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a reported cockfight near in the intersection of Avenue 24 and Road 128, about three miles north of the Kern County line and west of Highway 99.
An autopsy Wednesday revealed that the accidental death was caused by an injury to Ochoa's right calf, according to a Kern County Sheriff's Department news release.
"I have never seen this type of incident," said Sgt. Martin King, a 24-year veteran who noted the major arteries that could have been severed. "People have been known to bleed out from those injuries if medical attention is not obtained immediately...
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Lamont man stabbed to death by cockfighting bird
BY JEFF GOODMAN, Californian staff writer
jgoodman@bakersfield.com | Friday, Feb 04 2011 05:58 PM
Last Updated Friday, Feb 04 2011 05:58 PM
Cockfighting can be a fatal activity, not just for the roosters.
A 35-year-old Lamont man died Sunday after being stabbed in the leg by a sharp blade that was attached to a fighting bird, authorities said.
Jose Luis Ochoa was taken to Delano Regional Medical Center shortly after Tulare County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a reported cockfight near in the intersection of Avenue 24 and Road 128, about three miles north of the Kern County line and west of Highway 99.
An autopsy Wednesday revealed that the accidental death was caused by an injury to Ochoa's right calf, according to a Kern County Sheriff's Department news release.
"I have never seen this type of incident," said Sgt. Martin King, a 24-year veteran who noted the major arteries that could have been severed. "People have been known to bleed out from those injuries if medical attention is not obtained immediately...
More here...Link