Chicago police are investigating after a 37-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman were found unresponsive in a car in a Gage Park garage early Sunday morning. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, WGN-TV reported. The car was in the 2300 block of West 51st Street, according to WGN-TV.
Officers responding to the address found the pair inside the vehicle with its engine running, WGN-TV reported. Police said there were no apparent injuries; the circumstances of the deaths had not been determined.
Investigation Pending Autopsy Results
Police have classified the deaths as a death investigation while autopsy results are pending, according to the report. No further details about what led to the two people being found in the garage have been released.
Carbon Monoxide Risks in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Public Health lists exhaust from vehicles running in garages or other enclosed spaces among common sources of unintentional carbon monoxide exposure. During the five-year study period, carbon monoxide exposures resulted in an average of 940 emergency department visits, 126 hospital admissions and nearly 57 deaths annually in Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The cause of death in this case has not been established.
The case remains open as investigators await findings on cause and manner of death. Hoodline will continue to follow this developing story as more information becomes available from authorities.
