Mom, year-old son die of carbon monoxide poisoning

A 23-year-old mother and her one-year-old son have died of carbon monoxide poisoning after snow blocked the tailpipe of their vehicle as they searched for a parking place.

David Perrotto, 56, was trying to dig his auto out on Saturday night in Muhlenberg Township, and was inside the running vehicle when a snow plow passed by, burying the vehicle, blocking his tailpipe and preventing him from exiting.

The woman’s 3-year-old daughter remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Carbon monoxide is a silent killer that strikes quickly and with little warning, said Battalion Chief Chris DiBella of the Passaic Police Dept. Neighbor Isabel Carmona said he became hysterical, “crying and jumping”.

Authorities responded to a auto parked outside 47 Sherman St., finding three people unresponsive inside around 8:15 p.m., Detective Andy White told the publication. “Everybody cry”, she said.

“I can’t even express how I feel right now”.

Bonilla said, “The doctors say they don’t think she’s going to make it. Doctor says she has a slight chance to make it”. “It’s hard to lose them like that”, says boy’s grandfather, Felix Bonilla. His father says his son is devastated.