KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated a 14-year-old boy from a cabin on Afognak Island near Graveyard Point, Friday. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter arrived on scene and safely transported the young man and his father to awaiting Emergency Medical Services personnel in Kodiak. At approximately […]
Village police in Hooper Bay notified troopers of the death of a Hooper Bay woman at 3:45 am on Thursday, According to the report, the woman, 37-year-old Jennifer Smart-Tinker, who lived in a connex in the village, died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The preliminary investigation determined that Tinker died from poisoning because of a generator […]
SEATTLE, WA Every year, close to 500 people die and almost 50,000 people visit U.S. hospital emergency rooms from accidental CO poisoning. CO is found in fumes produced by gas ranges, vehicles, portable generators, camp stoves, lanterns, or by burning charcoal and wood. CO from these sources can build up in enclosed or even partially […]
A 49-year-old Fairbanks man is believed to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning early Tuesday morning , troopers reported on Wednesday. The Fairbanks police were called at 2:32 am on Tuesday morning, reporting that 49-year-old Christopher Alexander was found by troopers at his residence on Thoreau Drive unresponsive and not breathing. Medics responded to the […]