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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 electricity as a result of the storm on Friday, Dec. 23.
His cause of death is Carbon Monoxide toxicity, and the manner of death was ruled accidental, the coroner added.
No further details were released.
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