COLUMBUS - Four people died after being found unconscious yesterday morning in a house where high levels of poisonous carbon monoxide were detected, authorities said.
A car was found running in the attached garage, which was the likely source of the gas, police spokeswoman Sherry Mercurio said. A friend of the victims discovered the four unconscious.
Killed were Owusu Mike Sekyere, 46; his daughter, Elthl Tracy Sekyere, 11; his son, Michael Sekyere, 21; and a family friend, Shirley Badu, 45, Detective Patrick Dorn said.
Fire department spokeswoman Kelly McGuire said they were found in upstairs rooms of the two-story home.
Carbon monoxide measured eight times higher than the level when the gas is considered a health threat, McGuire said.
Two victims were pronounced dead at the home, and the other two died at area hospitals, Dorn said.
Homicide detectives were investigating, and autopsies were planned.
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