Authorities release cause of death of 17-year-old found in hog facility Share Updated: 6:20 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021
Authorities release cause of death of 17-year-old found in hog facility Share Updated: 6:20 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021
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Show Transcript SCHEDULED FOR MAY 21. WE HAVE JUST LEARNED WHAT CAUSED A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO DIE IN CONFINEMENT. CARBON MONOXIDE KILLED FOR TORI A VICTORIA MARIE OF ROCKWELL CITY
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 6:20 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021 Authorities have released more details on the death of a 17-year-old in Kossuth County. On April 19, the Kossuth County Sheriff responded to 390th Street near Swea City after Victoria Marie Parra Lerdo, of Rockwell City, was found unconscious at a hog site building. Victoria was pronounced dead at a local hospital later that evening. The Iowa Medical Examiners Office conducted an autopsy and ruled that the manner of death was an accident caused by
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ALGONA, Ia. A 17-year-old girl who died after helping to clean a hog confinement building in Kossuth County was overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said Thursday.
Victoria Marie Parra-Lerdo was found unconscious Monday night in the building in rural Swea City. She was taken to the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona, where she was pronounced dead, the Kossuth County Sheriff s office said.
Autopsy results from the Iowa Medical Examiners Office said Parra-Lerdo s death was accidental.
A power washer was being operated in the building s hallway near where Parra-Lerdo was working, and inadequate ventilation caused her to be overcome by the fumes, authorities said.
SWEA CITY, Iowa (KTIV) - Authorities have released the cause of a 17-year-old s death after they were found unconscious at a hog facility.
The Kossuth County Sheriff s Office says Victoria Marie Parra Lerdo of Rockwell City, Iowa died due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The cause of death was confirmed after an autopsy was performed by the Iowa Medical Examiners Office.
Lerdo was found within a Swea City hog facility about 10 miles south of the Iowa-Minnesota Border after the sheriff s office responded to a report of an unconscious person. When authorities entered the facility, they found Lerdo unconscious.
She was transported to the Kossuth Regional Health Center where she was pronounced dead later that evening.