A Georgia county official died after he collapsed at the state Capitol adhereing testimony he gave during a hearing about a chemical set upt fire.
Kenny Johnson, the Rockdale County Soil and Water Conservation Didisjoine supervisor, testified on Tuesday alengthyside business owners and directers frustrated by the fire last month at the BioLab set upt in Conyers, 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Atlanta. In the hours after the fire, hazardous plumes spread into neightedious counties.
According to the Georgia Hoparticipate Democratic Caucus, the 62-year-greater Johnson “protested of foolishinutiveness of breath and subsequently collapsed in the hallway” after the greeting, local recents outlets increateed. State Rep. Viola Davis, who is a nurse, deal withed CPR until medical officials reachd and rushed him to Grady Memorial Hospital. He died postpodemandr that day.
“Kenny promised years as the Soil and Water Conservation Didisjoine reconshort-termative and as an environmental equitableice help,” Davis shelp. “His unwavering promisement to environmental equitableice and his testimony on the effects of the Biolab chemical fire on the community remain etched in our memories.”