March 29, 2024

Five taken to hospital for carbon monoxide exposure

SIOUX CITY — Authorities say five people have been taken to the hospital in critical condition after being exposed to carbon monoxide at a Sioux City extended-stay motel. A 30-year-old woman, her two children and her parents were transported to UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday. According to Sioux City Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Dan Cougill, someone reported around 8 p.m. that five people had become ill.