Eight Killed in Maryland of Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

AP ^ | April 7, 2015

[PROCON]

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) — A single dad and his seven children were found dead in their one-story home, relatives said, and though officials gave no details on the cause of the deaths, the man's stepfather said he had been trying to keep the family warm with a generator after the power was cut because of an outstanding bill.

Lloyd Edwards told The Associated Press that his stepson, 36-year-old Rodney Todd, had bought the generator after the power was shut off to the home in Princess Anne, about 60 miles southeast of Annapolis on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He said those who died were Todd and Todd's two sons and five daughters.

[PROCON]

A tragic story.

But, sheesh, hasn't everyone, by the 5th grade, learned about the dangers of carbon monoxide?

[WayneS]

Clearly, Maryland needs to pass stricter CO Control Laws.

[YourAdHere]

Will Al and Jesse march over unfair utility practices?

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

Just a friendly reminder of generator safety!

[nascarnation]

What part of don't run a gen set indoors didn't this fellow understand?

A very sad story, I've even wondered if this was some terrible murder suicide impulse.

[Flick Lives]

Authorities would not confirm any information about possible carbon monoxide poisoning, but Princess Anne police Chief Scott Keller told The AP that there was no foul play and that a generator with no gasoline was found in the kitchen.

That was the literally fatal mistake; running a gas powered generator indoors.

[angcat]

You have to see the comments in social media blaming the utility company.

[sheana]

a generator with no gasoline was found in the kitchen

I thought everyone knew they go OUTSIDE. We have one for our boat and we set it outside on the deck when it’s in use.

[DonaldC]

The evil utility company will get the blame.

[PROCON]

I've even wondered if this was some terrible murder suicide impulse.

My thought too; there seem to be a lot of murder-suicide stories lately.

[CyberAnt]

I’m guessing he had the generator IN THE HOUSE. If he lived in a bad neighborhood, I could understand why he would have done that. However, it’s better to have the generator outside - and just pull the plug through a barely open window.

I wonder if the man’s family will sue the electric company for not working it out - BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHILDREN. If it was just adults; then you can act different .. but NOT WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE FINANCES OF THE HOUSE.

[latina4dubya]

back in the late 90s, my husband and i could have died of Carbon Monoxide poisoning... Christmas morning... about 4:00 our Carbon Monoxide detector went off and woke us up... called the fire department... stayed in a hotel that morning... we bought our detector about 10 months before because i kept hearing the advertisements on the Rush Limbaugh show...

[rlmorel]

Sad. The guy was trying to support his kids, had a job, etc. Too often in those communities, there is no father. This guy was trying.

But even hardworking people can lack commonsense.

I suspect that there will be criticism of the power utility for shutting off the power to the house, and will be leveraged as another example of racism, when in fact, it doesn’t make any difference what color you are.

You don’t pay, eventually it gets shut off.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”A single dad and his seven children were found dead in their one-story home, relatives said, and though officials gave no details on the cause of the deaths, the man's stepfather said he had been trying to keep the family warm with a generator after the power was cut because of an outstanding bill.
Lloyd Edwards told The Associated Press that his stepson, 36-year-old Rodney Todd, had bought the generator after the power was shut off to the home in Princess Anne, about 60 miles southeast of Annapolis on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He said those who died were Todd and Todd's two sons and five daughters.”

A gasoline powered generator and no Carbon monoxide (CO) detector.

Amazing that not one of them suspected something was wrong before they collapsed and passed out.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[who knows what evil?]

Couldn’t pay his electric bill; so he went out and purchased a generator?

[from occupied ga]

He had money to buy a generator, but not money to pay his power bill?

[PROCON]

Yes, the evil utility companies.

We need the Gubmint to take over these utilities so this never happens again! </dumb@ssliberal>

[nascarnation]

If he lived in a bad neighborhood,

You may be on to something here, I did some research:

The racial makeup of the town is 27.1% White, 68.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races.

[sheana]

Maybe it was used. New they are not inexpensive.