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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Bucks
Police & Fire
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Three Children Hospitalized In Philadelphia
Three children were hospitalized after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Philadelphia over the weekend, police said. A 9-year-old girl, 5-year-old boy, and 4-year-old girl were taken to Jefferson-Torresdale for observation after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected at a home on the 4100 block of Stanwood Street Saturday, March 16, city police said. Police responded to a 9-1-1 call for a "priority person screaming," authorities said. An update on the children's condition was not immediately available.
Arlington
News
Married Couple Dead Of CO Poisoning In Arlington Ruled Murder-Suicide: Police
A married couple in Arlington died of carbon monoxide poisoning in what authorities have ruled a murder-suicide in Arlington. The deaths of Arlington residents Maria Theista MacKnight and Gregory Cunningham, both 72, were ruled a murder-suicide months after their bodies were found in a North Powhatan Street home, county police announced Tuesday, March 12. Following the grisly discovery, officials launched a death investigation. Maria MacKnight's death was ruled a homicide from carbon monoxide poisoning, while Gregory Cunningham's death was ruled a suicide by the same manner. Their bodies w…
Cecil
News
Man Dead, Woman Critical From Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Cecil County: Fire Marshal
A 59-year-old man is dead, and a woman was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a kerosene heater in their Cecil County home. Members of the Cecilton Volunteer Fire Department and Cecil County Department of Emergency Services responded to a home on Florida Avenue in Crystal Beach at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Saturday afternoon to conduct a welfare check on a couple. Upon arrival, they found Steven Hannaford unresponsive in the living room and his girlfriend, Marie Florczyk, 65, in a bedroom, shivering and disoriented, a…
Montgomery PA
Obituaries
School Names Mom, Daughter Killed By Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
School officials have named two of the three family members who died in an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning incident in Northeast Philadelphia this week. They were mother and daughter Maricel Martinez, 47, and Angelina Cardona, 12, said Saint Albert the Great Catholic School of Huntingdon Valley in a statement. "Our Hearts are broken as we try to cope with the loss of our wonderful teacher and friend as well as her sweet daughter, a student in our 5th grade," administrators wrote. "Mrs. Martinez, we will always remember your kindness and confidence exhibited in you…
Bucks
Police & Fire
Family Killed, Carbon Monoxide Possible Cause, Philadelphia Police Say
A family of three is suspected to have been killed by carbon monoxide in Philadelphia, police said. Firefighters and police officers were called to perform a wellness check on the family in a home on the 4000 block of Ashburner Street at 12:53 p.m. on Feb. 15, according to a PPD. They found a 47-year-old mom, the 56-year-old dad, and their 12-year-old daughter unresponsive, city police detailed in the release. The family was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:40 p.m., the PPD explained. Their names were not immediately released. Carbon monoxide is "suspected as the cause of death," b…
Baltimore
News
Baltimore County Man Dies In Maryland's First Cold-Related Illness Of The Season: Officials
An elderly man has become the first of the season to die from a cold-related illness in Maryland, the Department of Health announced on Wednesday. A Baltimore County man between the ages of 70 and 80 years old has died in Maryland, representing the first of the 2023-2024 winter weather season, according to officials. The news comes as temperatures are expected to rise in the coming days, peaking above 60 degrees as soon as the weekend, though rain is expected, according to the National Weather Service and AccuWeather forecasters. "To prevent the onset of cold-related illness, includin…
York
Obituaries
'Carbon Monoxide Toxicity' Kills 5-Year-Old Boy At Farm, York Coroner Says
A 5-year-old boy has been pronounced dead shortly after being found unresponsive on his family's farm, the York County Coroner's Office announced on Monday, Nov. 13. Daniel Esh of the 5400 block of Prospect Hill Road was found unconscious near a generator on Friday evening, according to York County Coroner Pam Gay. He was taken to WellSpan York Hospital were he died at 8:48 p.m. Nov. 10 as certified by Deputy Coroner Karen Frank. Since it was unclear if Daniel had been exposed to fumes from the generator he was found near, an autopsy was conducted on Monday at Lehigh …
Fairfax
Police & Fire
Boy Died Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Falls Church — Not Overdose: Report
An autopsy determined that the death of a boy last June in Fairfax County was caused by carbon monoxide, not drugs, as police initially said, NBC Washington reports. A spokesman from the Fairfax County Police Department, however, said they're still awaiting the official word from the medical examiner. Sixteen-year-old Rey Maldonado was found unconscious and foaming at the mouth in a car with another unconscious juvenile, on the 5700 block of Columbia Pike in Falls Church on Sunday, June 25 around 7:20 p.m., according to county police and NBC Washington. Police said that responders dep…
Nassau
Police & Fire
Rescue: 9 Residents Overcome By Carbon Monoxide In East Meadow Saved
Nine Long Island residents suffering from high levels of carbon monoxide were saved by police and firefighters. The incident took place around 9:20 p.m., Monday, March 13 at a home on Buchanan Road in East Meadow. According to police, officers responded to a home on Buchanan Road to assist the East Meadow Fire Department with nine residents suffering from high levels of carbon monoxide inside the home. The residents were transported by East Meadow Fire Department to an area hospital for treatment and observation. The Nassau County Fire Marshall was at the scene …
York
Police & Fire
Unresponsive Man Rescued From Carbon Monoxide Poison By York Co. Firefighters
An unconscious man was rescued from carbon monoxide poisoning in York County on Friday, Jan. 27, authorities say. The Dover Township Fire Department, officials overheard a medical call involving a report of an unresponsive man around 5:10 p.m., but the primary ambulance service was out on another call, so firefighters jumped into action. When crews arrived, they located the man inside a closed garage and he was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. After an investigation, crews discovered the man was working on a running car. The firefighters metered the…
Northampton
Police & Fire
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills Northampton County Man Using Generator, 71
A Northampton County man using a generator after a power outage died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning on Christmas Day. Joel. S. Kotulka, 71, was found unresponsive at his home on the 300 block of Old Allentown Road in Bushkill Township around 7:50 p.m., Coroner Zachary R. Lysek said Thursday. Kotulka was found in the garage, where a running generator was being used. He was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Hecktown Oaks Campus and pronounced dead just after 9:10 p.m., Lysek said. Kotulka had apparently been using the generator to power multiple appliances in his home after losing electrici…
Northampton
Police & Fire
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills Driver In Northampton County
An 80-year-old man died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning following a Wednesday evening crash in Northampton County, authorities said. The crash occurred on Route 512 (Moorestown Road) at Broad Road in Bushkill Township just after 5:55 p.m., Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said. Michael A. Delvecchio, of Bath Borough, was a front passenger that struck a bridge guardrail, Lysek said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Delvecchio’s cause of death was due to Carbon Monoxide toxicity, and his manner of death was ruled accidental. The crash remains under investigation by the Bushkill T…
Gloucester
News
Pair Killed By Carbon Monoxide In Paulsboro Were Brothers In Law: Family
The victims killed by apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in Gloucester County have been identified by family in various news outlets. Allen Nichols and Lloyd Campbell, were found inside a detached garage on East Monroe Street in Paulsboro on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 6 ABC Action News reported. The brothers-in-law were found in a Campbell Towing and Auto Service garage where they worked as mechanics, the family told news outlets. A medical examiner determined the deaths were accidental and due to carbon monoxide poisoning, NJ Advance Media reported. Click here for the complete story by 6 AB…
Gloucester
Police & Fire
Carbon Monoxide Kills Pair In Gloucester County: Report
Two people in South Jersey were found dead of what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning on Tuesday, Dec. 13, NJ Advance Media reports. The bodies were apparently found in a home on Monroe Street in Paulsboro. An official cause of death awaits completion of an investigation by the medical examiner’s office, the outlet said, quoting Tom Gilbert, chief of detectives with the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. No further information was provided. Click here for the complete story by NJ Advance Media.
South Passaic
News
Child Hospitalized In Deadly Overnight CO Leak In Hawthorne: Here's What You Should Know
A working carbon monoxide alarm hopefully prevented a holiday-season tragedy before dawn Monday in Hawthorne, responders said. A child was hospitalized for potential CO poisoning during the overnight incident on Westervelt Avenue off North 14th Street on Dec. 12, they said. The youngster's condition couldn't immediately be determined. Other family members were treated and released, responders said. Hawthorne firefighters registered a reading of 301 parts per million (PPM) of the colorless, odorless gas on the second floor -- enough to cause almost certain death. The first-floor reading w…
Hackensack
News
Adult, Three Kids Stricken By CO Poisoning In Hackensack Home
A holiday season tragedy was avoided Tuesday when a Hackensack woman and three young children were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. A malfunctioning boiler in their two-family home on Atlantic Street off Railroad Avenue sent all four to Hackensack University Medical Center early on Dec. 6, said Police Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the city police department. Fortunately, the injuries to the 39-year-old adult and three children -- ages 12, 9 and 5 -- weren't life-threatening, Antista said. Readings of 200 PPM of the colorless, odorless gas were…
Stafford
Police & Fire
Virginia Beach Natives Found Dead In Mexico City AirBnb: Report
Three Americans were found dead under unknown circumstances at an Airbnb in Mexico City, multiple news outlets are reporting. Local police found the bodies of Kandace Florence and Jordan Marshall, both 28 and of Virginia Beach, and Courtez Hall, 33, of New Orleans, LA, at their vacation rental on Oct. 30, WAVY first reported. According to the city prosecutor's office, security guards mentioned smelling gas, leading authorities to believe their deaths were possibly caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, Bloomberg reports. However, the investigation remains ongoing, and the&nbs…
York
Obituaries
Man ID'd Following 'Suspected Incident Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning': York County Coroner
A 79-year-old man died and his wife became ill due to possible carbon monoxide poisoning on Thursday, August 11, authorities say. Curvin F. Tyson, of the 200 block of Kralltown Road, Washington Township, has died— following a report of possible carbon monoxide poisoning at his home—his exact cause and manner of death are pending, according to an updated release by the York County coroner's office. Tyson's wife was also found in the home, ill, from possible CO poisoning, she was taken to an area hospital but her current status is unknown, the coroner says. Police were…
Adams
Business
Person Found Unconscious At PA Kohl's, 20+ People Evacuated For Carbon Monoxide Leak
After one person was found unconscious at a Pennsylvania Kohl's store, more than 20 people were evacuated— 10 of which have been hospitalized, authorities say. EMS was called to the report of the unconscious person at the Chambersburg area Kohl's store on Norland Avenue around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, according to Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 1813. When Carbon Monoxide Detection Units arrived and investigated, they found "elevated readings from construction equipment that was being used in the building overnight," according to t…
Danbury
Lifestyle
CT Fire Departments Warn Of Recalled Carbon Monoxide, Fire Detectors
Several fire departments in Connecticut are warning residents of a recent recall for a smoke, fire, and carbon monoxide detector after concerns the system is defective. The recall was issued by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission Thursday, March 31 for the brand name Universal Security monitors. The recall includes the two-in-one Photoelectric smoke, fire, and carbon monoxide alarms in model MPC322S with a manufacturing date code of 2017JUN09 and model MPC122S with a manufacturing date code of 2017JUN02. The model number and date code are printed on the back of the alarms, the CP…
Prince George's
News
El Salvadorian Brothers Dead After Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Maryland
Two men in Prince George's County who died on Jan. 4 from possible carbon monoxide poisoning when their home lost power, have been identified as brothers. A family relative says Carlos Ramon Carranza, 39, and Luis Eduardo Carranza, 26, had just moved to the U.S. five years ago from El Salvador to start a new business. Un homenaje a mis primos Carlos Ramon Carranza y Luis Eduardo Carranza, a San Alejo nos duele estas grandes pérdidas,... Posted by Reynaldo Castro - San Alejo on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 The two men lost power during the winter storm that hit Maryland on Jan. 3, and…
Sussex
Police & Fire
North Jersey Motel Guest Hospitalized, Manager Charged In CO Alarm Scare: Report
A guest at a Days Inn motel in North Jersey was hospitalized and the manager was charged following a carbon monoxide scare that evacuated the building Sunday, WRNJ reports. Kushalkum R. Patel, 33, is accused of neglecting to call the police and “placing guests in imminent danger” when he told them that the Days Inn on Route 46 in Budd Lake was safe despite carbon monoxide alarms going off for several hours, the outlet reports citing police. The Budd Lake and Flanders fire department responded shortly before 12:15 a.m. to evacuate guests, one of whom was taken to a local hospital, the report…
Adams
News
Coroner IDs Two Victims Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Central Pennsylvania
The identities of the victims of a deadly carbon monoxide poisoning incident have been released by the coroner who was called to the scene. The victims have been identified as Anne Tayler, 76, of Abbottstown, and Louis Sanders Sr., 72, of Gettysburg, according to Adams County coroner Pat Felix who pronounced them deceased on Sunday at 5:04 p.m., according to a report by PennLive. A vehicle running in the garage of a residence in the 100 block of Woods Road in Abbottstown caused the carbon monoxide fumes to spread throughout the home to the bedroom where the victims were found, the coroner t…
Atlantic
News
2 Men Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Atlantic County Camper: Police
Two men were found dead in their camper in Atlantic County due to carbon monoxide poisoning believed to be from a gas generator that had been running, authorities said. The bodies of Demetrio Serrano-Cruz, 59, and Rafael Morales, 69, were found in their camper, in a wooded section of Farmington in Egg Harbor Township around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, local police said in a statement. Anyone with information is urged to call Egg Harbor Township police at 609-926-4051.
Cumberland Salem
News
2 Men Found Dead In South Jersey Garage With Running Car: Report
Two men were found dead in a garage with the car running in South Jersey, NJ Advance Media reports. The bodies of the 18- and- 50-year-old men were found by a Millville resident coming home from work inside of the garage at a home on the 2000 block of Wheaton Avenue (Route 555) around 2:45 a.m., the outlet said citing local police. The incident appears to be accidental, the outlet said, citing a Millville police spokesman. Police did not say if the men were residents of the home or if they died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Click here for the NJ Advance Media story.
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow
Lifestyle
How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Is Used In Medical Treatment
What is hyperbaric medicine? Hyperbaric medicine is the specialty that uses high pressure oxygen to treat a number of complex medical conditions. The treatment involves using a hyperbaric chamber to increase pressure while the patient breathes 100% oxygen, which significantly increases the oxygen level in the blood stream and subsequently all cells of the body. Hyperbaric chambers may be pressurized from 1.5 to 3x the normal atmospheric pressure. What types of conditions does hyperbaric therapy help treat? Increased oxygen levels help speed many healing processes. To mention a few; activat…
Clarkstown
Lifestyle
How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Is Used In Medical Treatment
What is hyperbaric medicine? Hyperbaric medicine is the specialty that uses high pressure oxygen to treat a number of complex medical conditions. The treatment involves using a hyperbaric chamber to increase pressure while the patient breathes 100% oxygen, which significantly increases the oxygen level in the blood stream and subsequently all cells of the body. Hyperbaric chambers may be pressurized from 1.5 to 3x the normal atmospheric pressure. What types of conditions does hyperbaric therapy help treat? Increased oxygen levels help speed many healing processes. To mention a few; activat…
Mahwah-Ramsey
News
Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist
UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…
Bergenfield
News
Deadly Levels Of CO Overcome Dumont Couple
Two Dumont residents who were overcome by carbon monoxide gas were rescued by responders. Both were taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center after police, firefighters and EMS members responded to the Niagara Street home shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The male resident was revived by CPR and brought to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit, responders said. The female resident was transferred to the Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, they said. Her condition couldn't be determined. Their dog survived, responders said. Police first responded to the 911 after a neighbor and friend…
Nassau
Police & Fire
Man Dies Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Long Island Construction Site
An investigation is underway after a construction worker died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning while at a residential job site on Long Island. An employee of Suffolk Excavating was working for approximately 15 minutes to remove silt from the bottom of a drainage pipe approximately 10-feet into the ground in Fort Salonga at 92 Fort Salonga Road when he stopped responding to co-workers at approximately 2:35 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, Suffolk County Police said. A co-worker attempted to go down the pipe to rescue Irizarry, but felt burning in his nose and throat, forcing him to exit the pipe…
South Passaic
News
Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected
An 89-year-old Totowa woman was found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at her home Saturday afternoon. A family member found Ethel Rosskopf unresponsive on the kitchen floor and a vehicle with its engine running in the garage of the home at Knollwood Road and Meadow Drive, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Totowa Police Chief Carmen Veneziano said in a joint announcement. Rosskopf was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities found the carbon monoxide level in the home at 200 parts per million, as opposed to the ordinary reading of 0 parts per million. "…
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