Man was on his way to airport to pick up parents. Cops Responding To Highway Accident Use Stun Gun On Man, Pronounced D.O.A. At Hospital MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 17, 2008 Mark C. Backlund, of Fridley, Minn., died after being tasered by police. Officers were responding to a single-car highway accident, after Backlund was involved in a crash on the way to the airport to pick up his parents. Police said he was "uncooperative." (AP) A man died after state troopers stunned him with a Taser when they said he became "uncooperative" after being involved in a wreck. The man, identified by his father as Mark C. Backlund, was involved in a rush-hour crash Tuesday evening on Interstate 694 in New Brighton. No other vehicles were involved. "Troopers attempted to bring the situation and individual under control, and in the process, deployed a taser," said Lt. Mark Peterson with the Minnesota State Patrol. Backlund was breathing but unconscious when paramedics arrived, according to Allina...