POKAGON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Two people who apparently were overcome by carbon monoxide died early Friday morning when their vehicle caught fire in Cass County’s Pokagon Township.
Sheriff Richard Behnke says it appears that the vehicle was stuck in the driveway in the 57000 block of M-51 South due to the heavy snowfall. Attempts to get the vehicle out were unsuccessful and it is believed that carbon monoxide may have filled the passenger compartment, rendering the two occupants unconscious.
The heat from the over worked engine is believed to have caused the fire. Police were called to the scene at 3:50 a.m. Friday.
The names of the victims are being withheld until positive identification is made.
Deputies were assisted at the scene by Pokagon Fire Department and WMED.
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