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Faulty Heating System Blamed In PA Carbon Monoxide Leak Killing Actress Dayle Haddon Faulty Heating System Blamed In PA Carbon Monoxide Leak Killing Actress Dayle Haddon
Faulty Heating System Blamed In PA Carbon Monoxide Leak Killing Actress Dayle Haddon A faulty flue and exhaust pipe on a gas heating system caused the deadly carbon monoxide leak that claimed the life of actress and model Dayle Haddon and critically injured another person in Solebury Township, authorities revealed Saturday, Dec. 28. Haddon, 76, was found unresponsive in a second-floor bedroom of a residence on the 6900 block of Phillips Mill Road Friday morning. She was pronounced dead at 7:22 a.m. by EMS responders, according to the Bucks County Coroner’s Office. The second victim, identified as 76-year-old Walter J. Blucas of Erie, Pennsylvania, was found unconscious on…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Supermodel Dayle Haddon Killed In Suspected PA Carbon Monoxide Leak Supermodel Dayle Haddon Killed In Suspected PA Carbon Monoxide Leak
Supermodel Dayle Haddon Killed In Suspected PA Carbon Monoxide Leak Dayle Haddon, a celebrated Canadian actress, model, and humanitarian, has been identified as the victim of a fatal carbon monoxide leak at a Solebury Township residence, authorities confirmed. The tragedy unfolded Friday morning, Dec. 28, at a home on the 6900 block of Phillips Mill Road. Emergency responders were called to the property around 6:31 a.m. after Bucks County 911 received a report of an unconscious man on the first floor of a detached office/in-law suite, police said. The 76-year-old man was removed from the building by the New Hope Lambertville Rescue Squad and transported to…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pair Killed By Carbon Monoxide In South Jersey Were Brothers In Law: Family Pair Killed By Carbon Monoxide In South Jersey Were Brothers In Law: Family
Pair Killed By Carbon Monoxide In South Jersey 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…

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by Jon Craig
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Carbon Monoxide Kills Pair In South Jersey: Report Carbon Monoxide Kills Pair In South Jersey: Report
Carbon Monoxide Kills Pair In South Jersey: 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.

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by Jon Craig
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Adult, Three Kids Stricken By CO Poisoning In Hackensack Home Adult, Three Kids Stricken By CO Poisoning In Hackensack Home
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Three Americans Found Dead In Mexico City AirBnb Three Americans Found Dead In Mexico City AirBnb
Three Americans Found Dead In Mexico City AirBnb 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…

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by Nicole Acosta
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2 Men Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Atlantic County Camper: Police 2 Men Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Atlantic County Camper: Police
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.

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by Jon Craig
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2 Men Found Dead In South Jersey Garage With Running Car: Report 2 Men Found Dead In South Jersey Garage With Running Car: Report
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. 

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by Jon Craig
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Deadly Levels Of CO Overcome Dumont Couple Deadly Levels Of CO Overcome Dumont Couple
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected Woman, 89, Found Dead, Vehicle Running At Totowa Home, Carbon Monoxide Suspected
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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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Carbon Monoxide Suicide Eyed In Deaths Of Brothers Found In Old Tappan Garage UPDATE: Carbon Monoxide Suicide Eyed In Deaths Of Brothers Found In Old Tappan Garage
Update: Carbon Monoxide Suicide Eyed In Deaths Of Brothers Found In Old Tappan Garage Authorities were awaiting autopsy results to determine the official causes of death of two brothers whose bodies were found in the garage of the family’s Old Tappan home in an apparent double suicide. Insuh Yoon, 36, and David Yoon, 39, were in grade school when they emigrated to the United States with their mother from Seoul, South Korea more than 25 years ago. Their bodies were found early Friday in a Nissan Rogue parked in the garage of a home at the end of a heavily wooded cul-de-sac in Old Tappan near the Rockland County border, multiple responders said. They'd been in the SUV “more …

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by Jerry DeMarco