Victim of Kitchener CO poisoning was recent international student grad, says family friend
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The 25-year-old man who died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Kitchener home Tuesday was a recently graduated international student from India, a family friend says.
The 25-year-old man who died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Kitchener home Tuesday was a recently graduated international student from India, a family friend says.
“He’s an only child here. He came four years ago. Now the parents are back home in India,” said Don Patel, speaking on behalf of the family.
“They cannot stop crying. They’re thinking: ‘How can this happen? Why my son?”
The family has chosen not to publicly release the man’s name.
Police and the Kitchener Fire Department said they believe the carbon monoxide poisoning was accidental and caused by a car left running in the home’s garage. Emergency crews arrived at the home around 7:30 a.m.
Patel said the man who died was the first person in the home to wake up on Tuesday morning.
“He came down. He heard some noise,” he said. “As soon as he opened the garage door the inhalants of the stuff made him just collapse right there.”
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