- Husband in coma
AN employee of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo identified simply as Tawa and her five months old baby have been killed by fumes inhaled from a generator. Neighbours said the generator was bought last Monday.
The incident happened on Friday in Owo, an ancient community in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The husband of the deceased woman was said to be in coma and had been admitted at the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo.
Sources said the couple purchased the generator on Monday and left it on while they went to bed on Thursday evening. Witnesses said the family was found when their apartment was broken into after they did not report for work on Friday.
Tawa’s elder sister who could not find the couple at their places of work was said to have raised the alarm.
It was gathered that some co-workers went to their house in company of the elder sister and broke into the apartment where they discovered the family in critical condition. The baby was found dead while the parents lay unconscious.
They were later rushed to the FMC where the wife died a few minutes later.