NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) – One person was killed and nine others hospitalized Thursday after being overcome by fumes following an industrial accident on a docked fishing vessel, police said.
New Bedford police spokesman Capt. Richard Spirlet said one person died, but provided no further details.
The New Bedford Standard Times reported that four dock workers, four paramedics, a firefighter and a police officer were sent to the hospital after the accident aboard the vessel Sandra-Lee.
The workers were using a gas-powered pressure washer in a fresh water tank below deck when one passed out, Spirlet told the newspaper. One worker called 911, and returned to find two other workers unconscious.
Police said one of the workers was hospitalized in critical condition, one in serious condition and two in moderate to serious condition.
The rescue workers were hospitalized for minor fume inhalation.
No further details were immediately released.
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