Duisburg. A 14-year-old girl allegedly died of carbon monoxide poisoning while bathing in Duisburg. The father (41) found the young person lifeless in the bathtub on Saturday afternoon, as the police announced on Tuesday. An expert checks the gas boiler in the apartment. There is some evidence that the thermal baths could have triggered the accident, said a police spokesman.
Whole family with high levels of gas in the blood
The other family members had complained of dizziness and also had excessive concentrations of the gas in their blood, as an examination in the hospital showed. The police spokesman urgently advised that gas boilers be serviced regularly.
By coincidence, there was also a suspected gas boiler accident on the same day in another Duisburg district, the police reported. A 25-year-old collapsed unconscious in his bathroom and was taken to a hospital. There he was treated on Tuesday lunchtime, said the police spokesman.
Paramedics had also brought seven other residents with suspected slight carbon monoxide poisoning to hospitals.
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