12-year-old boy dead after carbon monoxide exposure at Airdrie apartment

A 12-year-old boy died in hospital after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at an Airdrie, Alta., apartment early Sunday.

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Insp. Kim Pasloske with the Airdrie RCMP said the boy died in hospital at around 5 p.m. Police will not be releasing the identity of the boy.

“It is with great sadness that I’m here to tell you that the 12-year-old taken to hospital has succumbed to his injuries,” she said.

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