TCI: Girls 6 & 7 die in suspect carbon monoxide poisoning incident
Police on the Turks and Caicos Islands have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances that led to the deaths of a six and seven-year-old on Christmas Eve.
Preliminary information from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) said they were called to an area known as Club Med Housing, within the Five Cays district, at around 5.39 p.m.
On arrival, they found the two girls unresponsive, while a third female minor –aged 12- was rushed to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, where she remains in a severe condition.
Head of RTCIPF’s Safeguarding and Public Protection Unit (SPPU), Assistant Superintendent of Police Grantley Williams, commenting on the tragedy, said: “It is suspected that this tragic incident might have been the result of Carbon Monoxide poisoning due to a generator being used at home.
“The police are reminding the general public that it is extremely dangerous to operate generators in enclosed spaces. This can end in catastrophe, with persons dying due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning; the effects of such lethal gas will most likely go unnoticed until it is too late.”
One person has been taken into police custody as part of the investigation.
Both the Department of Social Development and the SPPU are conducting several interviews into this incident. One person remains in custody as part of the investigation.
RTCIPF and the Department of Social Development are urging any person with information surrounding this tragic incident to contact investigators at (649) 232-6696 or contact Crime Stoppers.
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