MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. — A woman died in a Mohave County ambulance on Friday on her way to a local hospital. The county's sheriff's office has not yet released the cause of death.
The woman, identified as 36-year-old Megan Petersen of Bullhead City, was booked into jail for possession of drug paraphernalia on Feb. 2, detectives said. She was housed in the medical wing of the county's adult detention facility in Kingman.
Petersen was pronounced dead when she arrived at the hospital by ambulance, deputies said.
Authorities have not said why Petersen was being transported to a hospital, nor her cause of death. The county's medical examiner is working to determine toxicology.
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