Woman with COPD found unresponsive in garage with car on, Cleveland TN
Medical EmergencyA woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) locked herself in her garage with the car running. The carbon monoxide detector alarmed. She was found unresponsive and is believed to have died. The garage was ventilated and police were requested to clear the scene.
Audio|Source: Bradley County Sheriff, Cleveland Police, Fire Rescue and MAC
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Transcript:
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Units in round Judway. Callers about their CO2 detector is going off, subject to lock herself in the garage with a car on.
00:08
You've not breathed in when they found her.
00:15
North West,
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caller says that female locked herself in the garage with the car on.
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She's been sick with COPD.
00:33
Call takers still getting further.
00:37
The car off and the garage opened to clear the air out the stage until PD clears, please.
00:51
Okay.
00:55
I've been back in service. How are you, Mike?
01:03
Not copy. 50-50, drugway northwest, 50-50, drug-050, drugway northwest.
01:08
The caller found his neighbor in the garage with the door closed, car running.
01:15
I don't know how long she's been dead, but she is beyond help.
01:21
The carbon dioxide detector in the house is still going off. They turned the car off and open up the windows to their friend's leak.
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Cleveland, TN
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