Authorities are investigating the death of a man after a paramedic allegedly injected him with a controversial sedative in Hayward last month, according to authorities and a report.
A multi-agency investigation was launched after Nathan Hoang, 41, was arrested and died in an ambulance on March 12 after a paramedic allegedly injected him with midazolam, a powerful sedative, according to court records and the Bay Area News Group .
Midazolam is a sedative mainly used for surgery patients. The use of sedatives, including midazolam, by paramedics on people detained by police over the last decade has led to a number of avoidable deaths, according to an Associated Press investigation last year…