From the City & Region staff at The Boston Globe
Carbon monoxide poisoning blamed for death of elderly couple in Wellesley
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March 17, 2008 02:12 PM
By Globe Staff
An elderly couple found dead in their Wellesley home today were the apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said.
Police received a call at 11:44 a.m. from a home on Maurice Road and found a 90-year-old woman and an 84-year-old man dead inside.
"We believe the car was left running in the garage" and fumes seeped into the house, said Deputy Chief Rick DeLorie of the Wellesley Fire Department. “It was out of gas by the time we got there."
There was no carbon monoxide or smoke detectors inside the home. "It's a sad situation,” DeLorie said “Those devices could have saved them.”
Police and fire officials are investigating. The names of the elderly couple have not been released.
