A nursing home in suburban Rochester, N.Y., had to be evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide, which made three residents ill early Thanksgiving Day, according to the Associated Press. http://online.wsj.com/article/AP045c152fbb704503bbd9396601fc7234.html# Firefighters responded to the Latta Road Nursing home in Greece, N.Y., right before dawn Thanksgiving. They found potentially deadly carbon monoxide in one […]
The death of a woman and her daughter, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, are under investigation in Colorado, according to the Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16653435 The bodies of the woman, Patrice Clark, and the 9-year-old, Nicole, were found in the garage of the woman’s home on Lafayette, Colo. The Denver Post story quoted the employer of the […]
Four people were hospitalized Monday following a carbon monoxide leak in a Green Bay, Wis., apartment building, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette. http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20101115/GPG0101/101115011/4-hospitalized-after-carbon-monoxide-leak-at-west-side-apartment-building?GID=1J2vVsSUrLwpSZrHMcsk7+uSsMoV+9sLWlVplzyJJ9A%3D After getting a call for help, firefighters came to the building on Shawano Avenue on Green Bay’s west side about 5 a.m. They smelled the odor of natural gas, and found a dangerous level […]
Here is a horrendous case of carbon monoxide poisoning: A family from Denver wins a holiday stay in Aspen in a charity auction, and all four family members die on Thanksgiving 2008 from the lethal fumes at the vacation home. Parker Lofgren, 39, his wife Caroline, 42, and their children Sophie, 8, and Owen, 10, died in […]
Toyota is being sued in a case where a lawyer was killed, and his companion rendered brain damaged, from carbon monoxide poisoning from a luxury Lexus, according to the New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/11/07/2010-11-07_keyless_ignition_deadly_exclusive_toyota_sued_in_carbon_monoxide_tragedy_that_ki.html The wrongful death lawsuit blames the keyless feature that was part of the Lexus sedan for causing the death in Queens of attorney Ernest Codelia Jr., […]
Two people were discovered dead Thursday inside a Walmouth County, Wis., home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/106740908.html The electricty inside the house in the village of Darien had been disconnected and there was a gas generator found by police. Police came to the house Thursday afternoon and found the two bodies as well as those […]
After emergency crews were called to the scene Thursday 18 people were hospitalized after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at the Arrow Carton Co. in Richfield, Wis. http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-110410-co-incident-richfield,0,3948402.photogallery Workers were complaining of headaches and were taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure. According to press reports, the carbon monoxide level at the Arrow facility […]
A Pennsylvania man killed his two young daughters through carbon monoxide poisoning and then committed suicide by the same means, according to the Associated Press. http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_16491488 The bodies of all three were discovered in a vehicle that was parked on a mountain road in Chambersburg, Pa. Conway Ashley Weller, 24, apparently took his own life […]
An elderly couple in Bloomfield, Ind., was killed by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Greene County coroner. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/fatal_accident_on_nj_turnpike.html James and Cora Elizabeth Letsinger, both 90 years old, were discovered dead in their home on Tuesday. The couple attended an event on Sunday night and when they came home, they were likely tired and forgot […]
About 800 workers at a cosmetics building in New Jersey were evacuated Thursday due to high levels of carbon monoxide. http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_jersey/carbon-monoxide-evacuation-in-holmdel-20101015-apx Initially five employees at Cosmetics Essence in Holmdel went out of the building sick, and they went to a local First Aid station. That prompted firefighters to go to the building and see if there […]