Four paramedics working at Bonnaroo hospitalized with possible carbon monoxide poisoning

MANCHESTER, Tenn. - Four paramedics working at Bonnaroo were transported to a hospital on Monday to be treated for possible carbon monoxide poisoning authorities said.

Coffee County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lucky Knott said they were using a generator to power the RV they were staying in.

Investigator Brandon Reed said that one of the paramedics woke up and was able to get help.

Three of the paramedics were airlifted to hospitals and the fourth was taken by to an area hospital by Coffee County EMS.

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Their names are not being released and their conditions are not known.

Knott said the paramedics are not employed by Coffee County EMS.

"It looks like the exhaust somehow was blocked," Knott said. "They are just very, very fortunate. Right now were are in hopes that all four will survive."

32-year-old man dies at Bonnaroo

As of early Monday, at least 32 people at the four-day festival had been transported to hospitals by ambulance and at least 5 had been taken by medical helicopter, according to Bonnaroo officials.

Authorities say many of them suffered heat-related issues.

On Friday, on the second day of the festival, first-responders found 32-year-old Mount Juliet, Tenn. resident Michael Donivan Craddock, Jr. dead in his vehicle.

His death is the only known fatality so far at the festival, Knott said.

Sheriff Steve Graves said foul play is not suspected in the death and that Craddock’s body has been sent to the medical examiner office in Nashville. An autopsy will determine Craddock’s cause of death.

This is a developing story.

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