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Man Dies Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Long Island Construction Site Man Dies Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Long Island Construction Site
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…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Long Island Woman Drowns In Neighbor's Backyard Pool Long Island Woman Drowns In Neighbor's Backyard Pool
Long Island Woman Drowns In Neighbor's Backyard Pool Police are investigating the drowning death of a Long Island woman in her neighbor's pool. The incident happened in Suffolk County on Wednesday, June 24 at about 6:10 p.m. in Fort Salonga. Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct officers responded to Truxton Lane after a resident called 911 reporting a woman floating in his backyard pool.  When officers arrived, they found Carol-Jean Werkstell unresponsive in the water. Werkstell, 76, also of Truxton Lane, was transported to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown where she was pronounced dead.

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by Joe Lombardi