Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins Dies After Cardiac Arrest TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Mayor D. Michael Collins died Friday, five days after suffering cardiac arrest while driving during a snowstorm. He was 70.
City spokeswoman Stacy Weber confirmed Collins died at the University of Toledo Medical Center.
Collins crashed his SUV into a utility pole on Sunday afternoon after his heart stopped beating, doctors and city officials said. He had earlier attended a news conference about the city's response to the storm and may have been checking road conditions.
Two passers-by found him unconscious and had to break a car window so they could give him CPR until emergency workers arrived.
Collins, who was thrust into the spotlight over the summer when the city's water supply was contaminated by toxins in Lake Erie, had just completed his first year as mayor of Ohio's fourth largest city.
He testified before a U.S. Senate committee in December and called on the federal government to devote full attention to improving water quality in America's lakes and rivers.
Collins warned that the toxic algae blooms that tainted the tap water for 400,000 people in Ohio and Michigan for two days in August could happen again if the problem isn't addressed.
"Don't give this lip service. It's a canary in the coal mine," Collins said. "If we forget what happened in Toledo, it is doomed to be repeated."
He began his political career after spending 27 years with the Toledo Police Department. He earned undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Toledo while working for the department and taught criminal justice classes at the university.
A political independent, Collins was elected to the Toledo City Council in 2007. He made an unsuccessful bid for mayor in 2009 but defeated incumbent Michael Bell four years later. Collins took office in January 2014.
His first year as mayor proved tumultuous. Two city firefighters were killed while fighting an apartment fire just a few weeks into his term. The city then suffered one of its worst winters ever.
The summer bought the algae blooms to Lake Erie, and Collins then found himself trying to keep Fiat Chrysler Automobiles from moving its Jeep Wrangler production line out of Toledo.
Collins grew up in Toledo and joined the Marine Corps after high school.
He is survived by his wife, Sandy Drabik, and three daughters.
City spokeswoman Stacy Weber confirmed Collins died at the University of Toledo Medical Center.
Collins crashed his SUV into a utility pole on Sunday afternoon after his heart stopped beating, doctors and city officials said. He had earlier attended a news conference about the city's response to the storm and may have been checking road conditions.
Two passers-by found him unconscious and had to break a car window so they could give him CPR until emergency workers arrived.
Collins, who was thrust into the spotlight over the summer when the city's water supply was contaminated by toxins in Lake Erie, had just completed his first year as mayor of Ohio's fourth largest city.
He testified before a U.S. Senate committee in December and called on the federal government to devote full attention to improving water quality in America's lakes and rivers.
Collins warned that the toxic algae blooms that tainted the tap water for 400,000 people in Ohio and Michigan for two days in August could happen again if the problem isn't addressed.
"Don't give this lip service. It's a canary in the coal mine," Collins said. "If we forget what happened in Toledo, it is doomed to be repeated."
He began his political career after spending 27 years with the Toledo Police Department. He earned undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Toledo while working for the department and taught criminal justice classes at the university.
A political independent, Collins was elected to the Toledo City Council in 2007. He made an unsuccessful bid for mayor in 2009 but defeated incumbent Michael Bell four years later. Collins took office in January 2014.
His first year as mayor proved tumultuous. Two city firefighters were killed while fighting an apartment fire just a few weeks into his term. The city then suffered one of its worst winters ever.
The summer bought the algae blooms to Lake Erie, and Collins then found himself trying to keep Fiat Chrysler Automobiles from moving its Jeep Wrangler production line out of Toledo.
Collins grew up in Toledo and joined the Marine Corps after high school.
He is survived by his wife, Sandy Drabik, and three daughters.
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