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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Two Detroit children in a van died from carbon monoxide not excessive cold, autopsies show

Cold Deaths Kids - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Two Detroit children who recently died in a van in below-freezing temperatures were victims of carbon monoxide, not exposure to cold weather, authorities said Wednesday.

Police had said that Darnell Currie Jr., 9, and A’millah Currie, 2, likely died from the cold while in an unheated vehicle on Feb. 10, though they cautioned that autopsies were pending at the time.

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