2 Virginia Tech Students Critical, 15 Other Sick After Carbon Monoxide Leak

[johnnie]

Sorry it's faux

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Two Virginia Tech students were in critical condition and 15 other people were hospitalized Sunday after a carbon monoxide leak at an apartment complex, police said.

The two women were taken to the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville and their three roommates were taken to Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., after being found unconscious in their beds in the Collegiate Suites apartment complex, police Capt. Bruce Bradbery said. All five women are students.

Two of the women flown to Duke could breathe on their own but remained unresponsive, Bradbery said; he described the other as semiconscious. All three were in serious condition, authorities said.

Twelve others were taken to Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, where they were in stable condition, hospital spokeswoman Suzanne Barnette said. At least four others were treated on the scene.

A resident of a nearby apartment had gotten sick and called the gas company, thinking there was a gas leak, Bradbery said. The employee realized it wasn't a gas leak and called police shortly after 11 a.m.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293758,00.html



That's just terrible. I think they had a big ceremony there this weekend for the students that were shot.

[jgraz]

1. If only those students had guns

they could have taken out that leak before it hurt anyone

[RPM]

2. weak

that was just plain naughty.

[murielm99]

3. Why don't they have carbon monoxide detectors?

There is a state law here that everyone has to have them. I didn't know that, and only installed one this year.

My neighbor, who has small children, had hers go off in the middle of the night. Their water heater was leaking carbon monoxide. They got out of the house right away.

One would think that apartment complexes would be the first to install carbon monoxide detectors.

This is terrible. They have had enough tragedy there.

[NutmegYankee]

5. Sometimes you don't need them.

Electric water heater, electric stove, electric heat, etc. I wish I had oil heat though. It would heat better and cheaper.

[MikeNearMcChord]

4. VT just can't buy any good luck

the shootings, Michael Vick, now this. Hope for the best.