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Truck driver dies while delivering carbon dioxide to McDonald’s
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A truck driver delivering carbon dioxide to a Central Florida McDonald’s restaurant died Saturday after the gas leaked from its container, authorities said.
A manager discovered the driver and a McDonald’s worker, Christopher Edgar, lying unconscious on a back room floor shortly after 2 p.m. at the restaurant in Sanford. The two were transferring the gas via hose into a storage tank, Sanford firefighter Mark James told the Orlando Sentinel.
Edgar was taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital, said his stepfather, Leo Clement. The driver was not identified.
It is unclear how the carbon dioxide leaked and why Edgar was assisting the delivery employee from the Stuart-based NuCO2, a company that specializes in making the gas that carbonates soda.
Carbon dioxide is colorless, odorless and tasteless. Although naturally occurring, high concentrations can cause humans to suffocate from a lack of oxygen.
A statement from McDonald’s and the Sanford franchisee gave no further details the death.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration was investigating.