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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 451 IN THE AFTERNOON, ONE TRAGIC DEATH FROM THE BLIZZARD, AN ACCIDENTAL CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. OFFICIALS SAY THAT SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY STUDENT JOSEPH BUTROS WAS CHARGING HIS PHONE IN A RUNNING VEHICLE LAST NIGHT. NEWPORT POLICE SAY THAT HE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS. HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE’S EXHAUST PIPE HAD BEEN EMBEDDED IN THE SNOW, AND OFFICIALS ARE NOW REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT THE RISK O
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College student dies of carbon monoxide poisoning trying to charge phone in idling car
A 21-year-old Rhode Island college student died in Monday’s snowstorm, apparently while charging a cellphone in a vehicle, Newport police said. At about 7:20 p.m. Monday, Newport police and fire were called to a parking lot to check on a person inside a vehicle. When they arrived, they found Joseph Boutros, a 21-year-old Salve Regina University student, unconscious inside a running vehicle, police said. The vehicle was covered in snow and the exhaust pipe was embedded in the snow, police said.Boutros was taken to Newport Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later because of carbon monoxide poisoning.”This tragic incident was accidental and a reminder to be vigilant to keep exhaust pipes clear of snow and debris when vehicles are idling,” Newport Police Capt. Joseph Carroll said in a statement.”Our community mourns this tragic loss. Our hearts ache with Joseph’s family, teammates, faculty, coaches, friends and all who loved him,” Salve President Kelli J. Armstrong said in a statement. Newport received 20 inches of snow in Monday’s storm, according to the National Weather Service.
A 21-year-old Rhode Island college student died in Monday’s snowstorm, apparently while charging a cellphone in a vehicle, Newport police said.
At about 7:20 p.m. Monday, Newport police and fire were called to a parking lot to check on a person inside a vehicle. When they arrived, they found Joseph Boutros, a 21-year-old Salve Regina University student, unconscious inside a running vehicle, police said.
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The vehicle was covered in snow and the exhaust pipe was embedded in the snow, police said.
Boutros was taken to Newport Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later because of carbon monoxide poisoning.
“This tragic incident was accidental and a reminder to be vigilant to keep exhaust pipes clear of snow and debris when vehicles are idling,” Newport Police Capt. Joseph Carroll said in a statement.
“Our community mourns this tragic loss. Our hearts ache with Joseph’s family, teammates, faculty, coaches, friends and all who loved him,” Salve President Kelli J. Armstrong said in a statement.
Newport received 20 inches of snow in Monday’s storm, according to the National Weather Service.
