Poisonous Gas Kills Three Florida Sewer Workers

Three utility workers in the Florida Keys died this week after climbing into a manhole and being overcome by hydrogen sulfide and methane gas.According to an article in the Miami Herald, Elway Gray, 34, Louis O’Keefe, 49, and Robert Wilson, 24, who all worked for a private contractor, were investigating reports of a sewage backup in Key Largo. Monroe County Sherriff Rick Ramsay says after the first man went underground and there was silence, the second man went in search of his coworker. After he too was overcome by fumes, the third man climbed into the manhole and also lost