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A person in their 50s has died after falling asleep inside a vehicle with a gas heater running.
According to the Nonsan Police Station and other authorities, the person was found dead Sunday around 11:10 a.m. inside a van parked in a lot near Hwangsan Bridge in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province.
The victim had been drinking with members of a camping club on Saturday and later fell asleep inside the van with a gas heater on, according to authorities.
Police are investigating the exact circumstances of the death, with carbon monoxide poisoning from the gas heater as the suspected cause.
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