1 Dead After Carbon Monoxide Leak In Solebury Township

SOLEBURY TOWNSHIP, PA — One person is dead and another has been hospitalized following a carbon monoxide leak at a residential building in Solebury Township Friday morning, according to Solebury Township Police.

Emergency crews responded to a carriage house in the 6900 block of Phillips Mill Road around 6:30 a.m. for a 9-1-1 call of a man passed out on the first floor of the building.

Medics found the man lying on the first floor of the house and immediately began treatment. Police said the man, however, was removed from the building after the medics became overcome by what appeared to be carbon monoxide.

The 76-year-old man was treated on scene and was later flown to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

While the man was being treated, police said emergency responders became aware of a 76-year-old woman who was on the second floor of the carriage house. The woman was found unresponsive and was removed from the building.

The woman was provided life-saving emergency medical care on scene, but was later pronounced dead by the Bucks County Coroner's Office, police said.

New Hope Eagle Volunteer Fire Company was also on the scene and detected a high level of carbon monoxide at the property. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas.

The two paramedics who were overcome by the gas were taken to Doylestown Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition and being treated for carbon monoxide exposure. A Solebury Twp. police officer also was treated at the scene for minor exposure.

A preliminary investigation shows a possible malfunction with a heating unit, police said.

Responding to the scene were Solebury Township Police, Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance, Bucks County EMS, Point Pleasant Ambulance, New Hope Eagle Fire Company, the Bucks County Fire Marshal's Office, and the Bucks County Coroner's Office.

The identities of the victims are being withheld pending notification of family members.