Ohio worker dies after inhaling deadly gas

ANTRIM, Ohio (AP) — A fire official says one man died and four others were sent to hospitals after a work crew shutting down a natural-gas well in eastern Ohio encountered a pocket of deadly gas.

Antrim Fire Chief Don Warnock says firefighters found several men suffering the effects of gas inhalation today after being dispatched to a vacant field in Guernsey County on report of a gas leak.

Warnock says the work crew was flushing the well with water when they disturbed a pocket of hydrogen sulfide, commonly known as sour or poison gas. He says one of the workers fell to the ground when he inhaled the gas, and the other workers were overcome when they tried to help him.

Warnock says two of the four workers sent to hospitals remain hospitalized.

The well is about 100 miles east of Columbus.