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Students suffer
CO poisoning in school parking lot
On April 24, 2014 at approximately 7:30 AM the Darke County Sheriff’s
Office received a 911 call reporting two students in a vehicle
unconscious and unresponsive at the Franklin Monroe School parking
lot. The Franklin Monroe School is located at 8639 Oakes Road
near the Village of Pitsburg in southeast Darke County, Ohio.
Darke County Sheriff’s Deputies, Pitsburg Fire Department and Arcanum
Rescue units responded to the scene. Upon investigation it was
discovered a male and female student were overcome with carbon monoxide
poisoning while sitting in a car in the school parking lot. One
of the students made a call to a parent when she noticed the other
student become unconscious. The second student became unconscious
before help could arrive. The parent that was notified contacted
the school to report there was a problem and that is when the school
staff went out to the parking lot and discovered the two students
unconscious in the car.
The male student was transported to Wayne Health Care by Arcanum Rescue
where his condition is not known at this time. The female student
was treated by Arcanum Rescue at the scene and released to parents to
be transported by private vehicle to a Dayton hospital.
The Pitsburg Fire Department confirmed with a gas detector that there
was a significant amount of carbon monoxide inside the motor vehicle
the students were sitting in. The vehicle was not running when
discovered by school staff, but it is suspected the vehicle was running
at some point while the students were sitting in it. Faulty
exhaust on the vehicle is the suspected cause of this incident.
The Franklin Monroe School activated their Emergency Action Plan and
utilized the One Call system to notify all parents and interested
parties of the situation that had occurred and the status of the
event. Keeping parents, students and staff appropriately informed
during a school emergency is critical to the mission of the Franklin
Monroe Schools.
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