Couple found dead in camping car in Taebaek amid suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

A couple was found dead inside a vehicle connected to a car-camping tent in Taebaek, Gangwon Province, after a passerby reported hearing only the sound of a motor coming from the car with no signs of movement inside. According to police and fire authorities Tuesday, the emergency call came in at 2:36 p.m. from the parking lot near the Yuilsa Trail entrance at Taebaeksan. The caller reported that a tent attached to a parked vehicle was zipped shut, a motor was running, and no response was heard from the occupants. Rescue personnel arrived on the scene and discovered a man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s inside the vehicle. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the two, who were married, had been car camping in the Mount Taebaek area the previous night. At the scene, authorities found that a fuel-powered heater had been running inside the vehicle. The windows were shut, and the tent was sealed tightly to the car, creating a confined space. A doctor at Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital said the circumstances “strongly suggest carbon monoxide poisoning.” Police are investigaWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times