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Pastimes : Carbon Monoxide Mortality and Morbidity

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To: Shoot1st who wrote (157)4/1/2006 6:34:07 PM
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April 1st, 2006
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Carbon Monoxide Kills Ogden Man, Overcomes Officers
March 31st, 2006 @ 9:36pm

Alex Cabrero Reporting

"The Silent Killer" took a life in Ogden tonight. Carbon monoxide killed a young man and even threatened emergency crews who responded to the scene.

It's a tragic story that could have been much worse, were it not for police officers who were doing their job.

They responded to a house in the south end of Ogden. A mother and father were going to this house because they hadn't heard from their 28-year-old son in awhile, and wanted to check on him. They found his body and called police.

When three police officers went into the house, they began their investigation, but ten or 15 minutes later one of the officers fell down for no apparent reason. The other officers began pulling him out of the house and realized they were probably dealing with a carbon monoxide problem. They immediately called for help themselves.

Lt. Tony Fox: "We didn't have a clue. We just thought it was rather strange that a 28-year old male had died for no apparent reason. We didn't see anything right away. They (officers) were only in the home a couple of minutes before they were overcome themselves."

The three officers were taken to the hyperbaric chamber at a Salt Lake City hospital. All are expected to be okay. The name of the 28-year-old has not been released.

Police want to point out that getting a carbon monoxide detector is just as important, if not more important, than getting a smoke detector, because while you can see and smell smoke, carbon monoxide is colorless and odorless.


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