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Mass. couple poisoned by carbon monoxide; Five firefighters also affected by car fumes

By Don Conkey
The Patriot Ledger (Massachusetts)

DUXBURY, Mass. — Carbon monoxide overcame a Duxbury couple today and sent five firefighters who rescued them to the hospital with symptoms of monoxide poisoning.

Judith Goodman, 65, of 282 Church St., called 911 shortly after 4 a.m. and said her husband, Donald, was unconscious.

When firefighters arrived, Judith Goodman was semiconscious on the first floor. Her husband was unconscious in a second-floor bedroom, but began to revive when firefighters carried him outside.

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