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Generator may have led to death of Monroe County man

First responders measured a deadly level of carbon monoxide in the home where a generator had been running.
Credit: WNEP

MARSHALLS CREEK, Pa. — State police believe a gas generator running inside a home caused the death of a man in Monroe County.

Officers say Naseem Kareem, 21, was found dead Wednesday in his home on Murray Hill Road in Middle Smithfield Township, near Marshalls Creek.

First responders measured a deadly level of carbon monoxide in the home.

Troopers say power was out in the area, and the generator had been running until it ran out of fuel.

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