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Carbon Dioxide Blamed for Death at Fast-Food Restaurant

Cleaning products get cleared by investigators.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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An 80-year-old woman who died after being found unconscious in a restroom at an eastern Georgia McDonald’s was killed by a lethal dose of carbon dioxide, authorities said Wednesday. In early reports, observers suggested that there was a link between the death and cleaning product fumes. An investigation determined that a “bleed line” on the tank used to carbonate beverages in the McDonald’s drink dispenser was “improperly disconnected within the wall cavity,...

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