A mother of two died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning while she was power-washing a barn, police said.
Lacy Leigha Alexander, 45, was found dead inside the structure on her property in Howard County, Indiana on Friday.
Alexander was ‘using a gas power washer while cleaning a stall area within the pole barn’ when the tragedy unfolded, the Howard County Coroner’s Office said.
People are warned to ‘never use a gasoline powered washer in an enclosed space or less than 20 feet from any window, door or vent,’ according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
‘Using small, gasoline-powered engines can cause carbon monoxide poisoning,’ the federal agency said.
An autopsy of her body was performed on Monday and the final cause of death is pending. Foul play is not suspected, the coroner stated.
The wife and mother has been remembered as an involved parent who loved spending time with her family, according to her obituary.
She worked as a senior laboratory tech for Haynes International, a global developer of high-performance cobalt and nickel-based alloys that are used in high-temperature applications, for 23 years