Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually staggering Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually staggering Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually staggering Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually staggering Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually staggering Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually staggering Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and eyed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually tremendous Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually breathtaking Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a faithful and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually staggering Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go vapid.

"I told her to open the garage and commence the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was vapid to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s assets is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a dedicated and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as however the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Trio, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going plane.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually staggering Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s figure is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to budge it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her playmate John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and begin the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their come back, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the warmth pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as however ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and witnessed that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car truly shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner – NZ Herald

Car left running in garage killed family with carbon monoxide: coroner

A coroner has found that a woman and her three children died in their Ashburton home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cindy George and her children Pio Raukete, Five, Teuruaa George, Three, and Telyzshaun George, Two, were found dead in a house at Thomson St, Ashburton on July Two, 2015.

Coroner Marcus Elliott, said in his findings, issued today, "At some point on twenty seven June 2015, Ms George turned on the engine of the Holden Commodore in the garage to prevent the battery going vapid.

"She did not open the exterior garage door. She left the internal access door slightly ajar. Ms George subsequently left behind that she had left the engine running.

"As a result, carbon monoxide, which is odourless, dispersed into the house through the internal access door, eventually terrific Ms George and the children."

Elliott said George might have recognised her fatal mistake, but too late.

"The location of Ms George’s bod is consistent with a last-minute realisation that the car was still running and an attempt to reach the garage to turn it off."

She was found in the hallway, near the internal garage door, and there were blood stains on the floor where she fell, under her nose and mouth, perhaps indicating she lost consciousness and collapsed.

Elliott said: "Their deaths illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate ventilation and closing internal access doors when a car engine is turned on in a garage which is connected to a house.

"If a car engine is left running in a garage for too long, an open garage door may not of itself provide adequate ventilation and even a closed internal access door may not prevent carbon monoxide escaping into the house. It would be safer not to run a vehicle in a garage for any longer than is necessary to stir it in and out."

The coroner also noted: "There have been at least three other deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning resulting from the inhalation of harass fumes in a dwelling, albeit the circumstances were somewhat different in those cases."

Family and friends travelled from the Pacific Islands and Australia to attend a farewell service for George and her children, which followed a private family funeral.

Poko Ngaro, a cousin of George’s, described her, at the service, as a loyal and loving mother. He said George had made Ashburton her home since leaving the Cook Islands in 2010.

The coroner said George was thirty two and had lived in Fresh Zealand since 2008, at very first in Ashburton with her fucking partner John Raukete, whom she married in 2011.

They separated in 2012, after which George went to Australia with her children before returning to Ashburton in 2013. Apart from a brief period in Invercargill, she lived in Ashburton from 2013.

George and her children sometimes stayed at the house in Thomson St where they were found dead. The house’s three usual occupants asked her to check the mail while they were away in the Cook Islands, and to run the Holden car so its battery wouldn’t go plane.

"I told her to open the garage and embark the car," one of the occupants said in evidence. "I told her to run the car for a duo of minutes and then turn it off and then leave."

"I didn’t mention to her anything about ventilation as she had seen that I opened the garage door when I turned the car on to run it."

The coroner said that, on their comeback, the three occupants found George’s van in the driveway and she and the three children dead in the house.

"The children were in the lounge and Ms George was on the floor in the hallway. The TV was on and the fever pump was set at thirty one degrees. They rang emergency services."

The children were packaged in fleece blankets as tho’ ready for bed.

A neighbour told of hearing a car being revved at the house – three or four brief bursts and a longer one as tho’ the accelerator was plane to the floor – but all of this lasted less than a minute.

"The revving stopped and I didn’t hear anything more. I don’t know if the car was idling or turned off.

"I glanced over and spotted that the garage door was down. I thought to myself that whoever was revving the car indeed shouldn’t be doing that in the garage with the door down because of the fumes."

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