MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Police on Long Island say a man was killed and his wife was hospitalized due to apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.
Suffolk County police say officers responded to report of a couple feeling ill at a home in Melville at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
Police say 55-year-old Stephen Yancofski was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. His wife, 59-year-old Kyriaki Bouziotas, was also hospitalized and was being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Police say firefighters suspect a PVC pipe on a basement water heater became loose, filling the house with carbon monoxide.
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