LUCAS, Texas (AP) – Authorities have identified the father and son found dead inside their lawn-service van in northern Collin County earlier this week.
Collin County sheriff’s Capt. Jim Moody identified the men Friday as 72-year-old Lyle John Powell and 49-year-old Ross John Powell.
Moody says the two were working Wednesday in a neighborhood in Lucas, northeast of Dallas, when they returned to the van and were quickly overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from a generator.
The men died at the scene. A sheriff’s deputy and at least three firefighters who responded to the scene also were overcome by fumes and were treated at a hospital.
Officials said they believed the men were handling chemicals when they died.
Copyright 2017. Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
