Authorities have released the names of the man who died and the woman who was injured in a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Ft. Branch. WNIN’s John Gibson has the update:
Gibson County Sheriff Bruce Vanoven says 24-year-old Dylan Coston of Haubstadt died and 24-year-old Faith Brown of Evansville was critically injured.
Vanoven says Brown’s condition has improved to serious but stable.
Coston and Brown were found at the bottom of basement staircase inside a home in the 200 block of Willard Street in Ft. Branch Wednesday night.
Coston was pronounced deceased at the scene, and Brown was taken to a hospital.
The sheriff described it as a “tragic accident” that remains under investigation.
Safety experts recommend carbon monoxide detectors in homes to alert residents of possible high levels of the dangerous, colorless, and odorless gas.