The cause of death of two young children who were sleeping in their family’s van was revealed to be carbon monoxide poisoning and not exposure to the cold as Detroit authorities first thought.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office said it conducted examinations Feb. 11, the day after Amillah Currie, 2, and Darnell Currie, 9, died. Their mother, Tateona Williams, said she found them unresponsive and not breathing after the van the family was living in ran out of gas.
The medical examiner’s office said the manner of death for both children was an accident. Williams could not immediately be reached Thursday.
Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison said in a statement Thursday that the department received the medical examiner’s report and
2 Detroit kids sleeping in van died of carbon monoxide, not hypothermia, medical examiner says
