Health & Fitness
4 Bonnaroo Paramedics Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
The Coffee County sheriff said four paramedics staying in an RV at Bonnaroo had to be airlifted to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning.
MANCHESTER, TN -- Carbon monoxide poisoning struck four paramedics working at Bonnaroo over the weekend, the Coffee County Sheriff's Department said.
All four, who were staying in the same RV at the four-day festival outside of Manchester, woke Monday morning with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. Three were airlifted while the fourth was taken by ambulance and treated at a local hospital.
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The sheriff did not release their names or an update on their condition.
A 32-year-old Middle Tennessee was found dead inside a car at the festival Friday morning; Michael Craddock Jr. was the first person to die at Bonnaroo in three years.
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