driver returns to his home eats lunch/watches TV for 3 hours leaving 3 disabled adults in running vehicle.. they die

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3 Men with Disabilities Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Driver Allegedly 'Left Them in Running Vehicle'
Isaiah Pulu, 25, has been booked on three counts of manslaughter and three counts of aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult

According to police in West Valley City, Utah — located about 10 miles outside Salt Lake City — 25-year-old Isaiah Pulu has been booked on three counts of manslaughter and three counts of aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult following the deaths of the three men on Friday, Feb. 6.

Pulu was working as a driver for a business that provides transportation for disabled adults at the time of the incident, police said.

The three men — later identified by authorities as Colton Moser, 25, Mosa’ati Moa, 22, and Tim Jones, 39 — were all residents of different assisted living facilities, and it was not immediately clear where they were being transported.

"Around lunchtime, the driver had stopped at his own home and went inside, leaving the three men inside the running vehicle," police said in a statement. "The driver reports returning to the vehicle 1-2 hours later, finding all three men deceased."

Officers were called to the scene at around 2 p.m. local time after receiving a report of three people who were not conscious or breathing.

According to court documents obtained by local outlets ABC4 and FOX 13, Pulu allegedly "ate lunch and watched television" while the men sat in the van for more than three hours.

https://people.com/3-men-with-disabilities-died-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-after-driver-allegedly-left-them-in-running-vehicle-11902317

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1. more

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. That's hard to do anymore.

A modern vehicle in good order won't put out much carbon monoxide in its exhaust.

[sheshe2]

9. The news report on the video said the van was parked in the garage.

The driver said that the door was 'open' when he left the van but was 'closed' when he returned. Hence the buildup of CO2.

[Bayard]

3. WTF?

"The driver also claimed that when he left the car, the garage door was open. He said that when he returned, he found the garage door closed, as well as the vehicle shut off and unable to start."

He left them like this for 3 hours! While he ate lunch and watched TV. How can you do this to a person whose welfare has been entrusted to you?

[pandr32]

4. This is so tragic and it was so preventable.

How on earth could Mr. Pulu forget he left his charges in a still-running vehicle? I mean I have forgot to pick things up when I've been shopping and what time it is on occasion, but this? It is his job! How could he forget?

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6. he didn't forget. Just lazy. Probably has done it before.

[pandr32]

8. I have to wonder if he was vetted at all.

He was only 25 and the health and welfare of disabled people is serious, not casual.

[JI7]

5. He has probably done this before

I would want to know if he just drives them or also takes care of them apart from the time he drives them.

[MIButterfly]

7. That is so terrible.

It hurts my heart. Those poor men left in the car like that. What a horrible way to die. I hope that driver gets sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. My heart goes out to their families, who no doubt trusted that their loved ones would be properly taken care of.

This was such an avoidable tragedy. All I can do is hope that their poor souls are at peace.