16-year-old dies after suspected gas geyser leak

Fatehgarh Sahib: 16-year-old dies after suspected gas geyser leak

A 16-year-old youth was found dead in his bathroom at Village Humayupur in  Fatehgarh Sahib district on Sunday evening.

16-year-old dies after suspected gas geyser leak

Police suspect that the youth died of suffocation caused by inhaling carbon monoxide gas , which was allegedly leaking from a gas geyser in the bathroom.

16-year-old dies after suspected gas geyser leak

He went to have a bath at 7 pm, the officer said. “When he did not come out of the bathroom for a long time, his parents broke open the door and find him lying unconscious on the floor. The boy was  taken to a civil hospital in Fatehgarh Sahib , where doctors declared him brought dead.

16-year-old dies after suspected gas geyser leak

Meanwhile , the police has registered a case of accidental death.