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| Barrow carbon monoxide death: Sisters call for alarms in cars | Barrow carbon monoxide death: Sisters call for alarms in cars |
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| Rebecca Barnard (left) and Lucy Barnard said losing their brother was the "hardest thing" they had ever faced | Rebecca Barnard (left) and Lucy Barnard said losing their brother was the "hardest thing" they had ever faced |
| The sisters of a man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car are campaigning for it to be a legal requirement for detectors to be fitted in UK vehicles. | The sisters of a man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car are campaigning for it to be a legal requirement for detectors to be fitted in UK vehicles. |
| Michael Barnard, 36, from Barrow, was found dead in August 2023 after he had been listening to music with the engine running and the gas had leaked from a hole in the exhaust. | Michael Barnard, 36, from Barrow, was found dead in August 2023 after he had been listening to music with the engine running and the gas had leaked from a hole in the exhaust. |
| Lucy and Rebecca Barnard are trying to raise awareness of what they call the "silent killer". | Lucy and Rebecca Barnard are trying to raise awareness of what they call the "silent killer". |
| Lucy Barnard said losing her brother was "one of the hardest things" she had faced. | Lucy Barnard said losing her brother was "one of the hardest things" she had faced. |
| More than 500 people have signed a petition set up by the sisters to alert people to the dangers of the gas, which kills about 60 people in the UK every year. | More than 500 people have signed a petition set up by the sisters to alert people to the dangers of the gas, which kills about 60 people in the UK every year. |
| Miss Barnard said: "When my brother went for a drive that night he didn't know his car would take his life and he died alone and that is something as a family we will never be able to come to terms with. | Miss Barnard said: "When my brother went for a drive that night he didn't know his car would take his life and he died alone and that is something as a family we will never be able to come to terms with. |
| "In the UK cars are not legally required to carry carbon monoxide detectors and I want to change that." | "In the UK cars are not legally required to carry carbon monoxide detectors and I want to change that." |
| Carbon monoxide has no smell or colour and can cause serious illness, or death, if inhaled. | Carbon monoxide has no smell or colour and can cause serious illness, or death, if inhaled. |
| Michael Barnard died in his car of carbon monoxide poisoning due to a leaking exhaust | Michael Barnard died in his car of carbon monoxide poisoning due to a leaking exhaust |
| Car exhausts are checked for the level of carbon monoxide emissions during an MOT. | Car exhausts are checked for the level of carbon monoxide emissions during an MOT. |
| President of the charity CO-Gas Safety, Stephanie Trotter, is also calling for a mandatory check of the air inside the car. | |
| She said: "At the moment, we understand that only the exhaust gases are tested and have to be within certain limits. | |
| "But, if there is a hole in the floor of the car, fumes from the engine can leak into the area for the driver and passengers." | |
| Lucy Barnard said, in the four months prior to her brother's death, he had driven 10,000 miles. | Lucy Barnard said, in the four months prior to her brother's death, he had driven 10,000 miles. |
| "The grief I have carried with me since the morning of 17 August is something I never want anyone to have to endure," she said. | "The grief I have carried with me since the morning of 17 August is something I never want anyone to have to endure," she said. |
| "My brother was driving his car for weeks upon weeks unbeknown to him that his body was slowly being poisoned with a very deadly silent killer." | "My brother was driving his car for weeks upon weeks unbeknown to him that his body was slowly being poisoned with a very deadly silent killer." |
| Rebecca Barnard said, when she received the news her brother had died, she was eight months pregnant. | Rebecca Barnard said, when she received the news her brother had died, she was eight months pregnant. |
| "It hit me very hard and I struggled," she said. | "It hit me very hard and I struggled," she said. |
| "My brother didn't get the opportunity to become a dad or have a family and that's something he really wanted in life." | "My brother didn't get the opportunity to become a dad or have a family and that's something he really wanted in life." |
| "Even if this campaign saves one life we would be happy," her sister added. | "Even if this campaign saves one life we would be happy," her sister added. |
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