A family in Lakewood was hospitalized, one in critical condition, after Carbon Monoxide filled their home, Lakewood Police Sergeant Mike Young confirmed to TLS.
Police and EMS rushed to the home approximately 2 PM this afternoon for reports of two people unconscious in the home.
Upon arrival, one of the parties were found unconscious, and EMS initiated CPR. The other had regained consciousness.
Officials tell TLS the Carbon Monoxide apparently came from the exhaust of a vehicle being worked on in the garage.
“At the time, the men had closed the garage door due to the cold weather while the vehicle was inside running,” Lieutenant Greg Staffordsmith said.
CO levels were at approximately 300 PPM, a fire official said.
All parties were transported by Lakewood EMS to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus. Ages ranged from 11 years old to 47.
The incident is under investigation, and the home was boarded up by the Inspection Department, Sergeant Young said.
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NEVER start a car or leave it running inthe garage without the garage door being fully open!
There was no working Co detector….
May they have a speedy and complete recovery.
And with lots of leaves on the street never be in a car running and leaves blocking the muffler
or park on the leaves and light the car on fire
Another preventable accident.
May they have a speedy recovery.
Why was the home boarded up?
Repair garages have a ‘vacuum pipe’ for this, so they can have the engine running while inside, it probably doesn’t cost much, if one does repairs fairly often.
I assume the home was boarded up because they had no CO detector.
May this family be fully healed from this poisoning.. so sorry to hear.
So very sorry to hear about this and the many other families in distress, especially in this brutally cold weather.