Images from security cameras show that the young people killed in a BMW in Balneário Camboriú, on the coast of Santa Catarina, got out of the car shortly after arriving at the city's bus station. The video shows Gustavo Elias outside the car, leaning against a pillar. Nicolas, 16, also gets out of the car at one point, but returns shortly afterwards.
The images also show Kelly being removed from the vehicle. She sits on the sidewalk at the bus station with a person beside her. See the images :
The suspicion, according to the police, is that they died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Carbon monoxide
Augusto Scalabrini Neto, a professor at the USP medical school and coordinator of the cardiology residency program at the Sírio Libanês hospital, explains that carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin and prevents it from being oxygenated.
“It's as if you were in an environment without oxygen. Your heart stops, you die of asphyxiation. It’s the same situation as cases of people who die with the fireplace on, the mechanism is the same,” she says.
He highlights that exposure to the gas is serious and has a high mortality rate. However, in some cases, poisoning can be treated through effective ventilation and some antidotes.
In relation to the death of young people in Santa Catarina, the doctor assesses that it is possible that there was a combustion leak into the vehicle.
“It is an almost odorless gas […] It starts with nausea, vomiting, dizziness, they become unconscious and die”, he concludes.
Understand the case
Four people died in an import car this Monday morning in Balneário Camboriú, on the coast of Santa Catarina.
SAMU and the Fire Department arrived to provide assistance, but the victims, three men and one woman, did not resist. According to firefighters, the victims were in cardiorespiratory arrest.
A woman, who was also in the car, survived. The victims were in a BMW with a license plate from Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais.
According to the Santa Catarina Fire Department, the call happened around 7:30 in the morning. The people in the car were treated by SAMU and Fire Department teams for 40 minutes, when the SAMU medical team declared the victims dead.
The Fire Department also says that all emergency teams from Balneário Camboriú were used to care for the young people. After completing the procedures, the Firefighters called the PM, the Civil Police and the Scientific Police.
Source: CNN Brasil
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