Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Woman and 2 Children Taken to Hospital for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Tuesday

Around 4:30pm Tuesday, emergency personnel were called to the 100 block of Orwigsburg Street, Tamaqua for a carbon monoxide investigation.

Police arrived and reportedly found a man, and infant, and a 12 year old unconscious in the home along with a woman.

The homes power was reportedly shut off a few days earlier and the family was using a generator in the homes basement.

All 4 were removed from the home and the woman and children were taken to an area hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Link to full story from TamaquaArea.com
http://tamaquaarea.com/2015/10/27/tamaqua-police-paramedics-save-family-poisoned-by-carbon-monoxide/