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By Sarah Tate
Apr 16, 2021
Two people were found dead inside their Nashville home Friday morning (April 16) after high levels of carbon monoxide were reported inside the residence. Two others remain in critical condition.
Around 7:15 a.m., authorities responded to a call to a residence in the mobile home park in the 2700 block of Dickerson Pike near Talbot s Corner,
Fox 17 reports. When they arrived, they found multiple individuals who were unresponsive and detected high levels of carbon monoxide. Two adults were pronounced dead at the scene, and two other adults were take to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in critical condition.
According to NFD Public Information Officer
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Police tentatively identified the man who died in a fiery wreck early Friday as Bradley Sage, 29, of Nashville.
The wreck happened just after midnight on Old Hickory Boulevard near Tolbert Road, the Metro Nashville Police Department said.
The Nissan Rogue police say Sage was driving was engulfed in flames after colliding with a tractor-trailer truck.
Callers to 911 said they tried to get Sage out of the SUV, but the fire grew too quickly, according to Nashville Fire Department spokesperson Kendra Loney.
Sage died at the scene, police said.
How the wreck unfolded
A preliminary investigation shows that the truck driver slowed to a stop as he prepared to make a U-turn, checked for approaching vehicles, activated his hazard lights and began making the turn, according to police.
Neighbors recall trying to save woman killed in house fire
“This time, we heard help, help,” Janet Powell, a neighbor said.
News4 spoke with Janet and Tommy Powell, who live next door. Janet called 911 while Tommy tried to break down the front door.
“Just hoping that Deborah had got out of the chair and made it somewhere in the house where I could kind of get her out,” Tommy Powell, a neighbor, said.
Metro police identified 67-year-old Deborah Schneider as the woman who died in the Wednesday night fire. A pet also died.
The Powells said her husband, Larry, made it out covered in soot and is still in the hospital.