A routine welfare check at a Mount Kisco commuter lot turned into a death investigation Tuesday night, after officers found a man in his 50s unresponsive inside a parked car and a paramedic pronounced him dead at the scene. Police are withholding his name until family members can be notified, and authorities say the circumstances are not being treated as suspicious at this time.
What Police Say
Officers were called around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, to a lot at 55 Maple Avenue near the Mount Kisco train station to check on a person in a vehicle, as reported by Daily Voice. Patrol officers found the man unresponsive in the car and Westchester EMS responded. A paramedic later pronounced him dead at the scene. The man's identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Investigation Underway
Newport Dispatch reports that Westchester County police are investigating the incident and currently do not consider the death suspicious. Detectives have not released additional details about how the man came to be in the vehicle, and for now authorities are keeping information tight while they sort through what happened. Police said they will provide updates if further information is released.
Mount Kisco Context
This is not the first time in recent months that Mount Kisco police have responded to a sudden death that was ultimately handled as non-suspicious. In late January, officers were called to a local laundromat where they found a man unconscious, and he later died at the hospital. That case was also treated as a non-suspicious death while the Westchester Medical Examiner reviewed the facts, according to Patch.
Local emergency responders regularly work with Westchester EMS and the Mount Kisco Volunteer Ambulance Corps on medical welfare checks like these. The January case highlights the process authorities typically follow when a sudden death is reported and the Medical Examiner is brought in to review the circumstances.
Hoodline will update this post as Westchester County police release more information. If you have information, contact Westchester County Police.
