Two Motels Guests Poisoned by Gas; Police Departed Assuming They Were Asleep

Police are investigating an incident where a man and a woman staying at a motel in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, fell into critical condition due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

According to the Uijeongbu Police Station on the 3rd, at around 7:50 PM on August 30, a report was filed to 112 by a motel employee stating, "Guests have not checked out past the check-out time, do not answer the intercom, and show no response even when the door is knocked on."

Responding police officers opened the door to check and found the male and female guests in their 30s sleeping, unaware that anyone had entered.

Consequently, police judged that there were no suspicious circumstances such as criminal activity and withdrew from the scene.

However, at around 7:00 AM the next day, August 31, another 112 report was filed.

The report stated that the guests still had not come out.

When police re-entered the room after opening the door again, the male guest was found collapsed and unconscious with foam coming from his mouth.

It was determined that the guests had been poisoned by carbon monoxide inside the motel, and the male is reportedly in a critical condition as of now.

Police are investigating the circumstances of the gas leak and whether the response of the police officers dispatched to the initial report was appropriate.

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