Disabled man dies after choking on burger in care facility's van • Iowa Capital Dispatch

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Disabled man dies after choking on burger in care facility's van • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Opportunity Living No. 2 in Lake City, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth)A Lake City care facility where a resident died after choking on food one day after his admission has been fined $10,000 by the state. State records indicate the 45-year-old resident of Lake City’s Opportunity Living No. 2, a 16-bed care facility for people with intellectual disabilities, died of cardiac arrest last month after inhaling food into his airway. According to state …