2 Girls Poisoned by Carbon Monoxide While Mom Digs Out Car
Girls taken to hospital after breathing in dangerous gas
Friday, Jan 28, 2011 | Updated 11:57 AM EDT
Bronx suffers a major scare while digging the family car out with her two children inside. Ida Siegal reports. " />
A mother from the Bronx suffers a major scare while digging the family car out with her two children inside. Ida Siegal reports.
The FDNY says two young girls were hospitalized in the Bronx after they passed out breathing carbon monoxide gas inside their snow-clogged car.
The girls, ages 4 and 7, were inside the car with the engine running Thursday afternoon to keep warm as their mother dug the car out of the snow after a massive storm blanketed the city, according to the FDNY.
The FDNY says emergency crews responded two minutes after they were called to the scene and immediately began respiratory work.
The girls were transported to separate hospitals in critical condition, but fire officials say they were alert and crying, which was a good sign.
