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What to Know About the Risks of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After College Student's Death
Joseph Boutros died after snow blocked his car's exhaust during a power outage caused by a Northeast snowstorm, highlighting winter risks of carbon monoxide poisoning, CDC warns.
- On Monday, Joseph Boutros, a 21-year-old Salve Regina University student, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after snow obstructed his car's exhaust pipe in Newport, Rhode Island.
- During the outage, the snowstorm knocked out power for hundreds of thousands across the region, leaving many residents stuck on Wednesday as plowing lagged.
- The CDC says the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning rises in winter and after heavy snowfall; CO is odorless, colorless, and called the 'silent killer', causing symptoms like headaches, disorientation, drowsiness, or death.
- Following the death, experts urged safety checks; Consumer Reports' Jake Fisher advised inspections and watching for warning signs while idling, as the area lacked power during the outage.
- Historic storms show how heavy snow and blocked vents can create deadly carbon monoxide hazards, as the 1978 storm trapped roughly 3,000 cars and 500 trucks, and the 2022 storm caused more than three dozen deaths.
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A Newport student died on Monday from carbon monoxide poisoning while charging his phone in his car, covered in snow.
A college student hid in a running car to charge his phone, unaware that the exhaust pipe was blocked by snow, and eventually died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
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