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No charges after 3 hospitalized with CO poisoning

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ST. PETERSBURG (AP) – Authorities say a St. Petersburg woman will not be charged after leaving a sport utility vehicle running in an apartment complex garage, which led to three people being hospitalized.

A St. Petersburg police spokesman said Wednesday that no crime was committed.

Fire crews were called to the Promenade At Carillon Apartments Sunday morning, where they discovered a total of three people showing signs of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Firefighters evacuated the complex and used a thermal imaging camera to find the source of the poisonous gas. Crews focused on one garage, cut open the door and found a vehicle inside with the engine running.

Firefighters say the vehicle had been left running by 56-year-old Sherri Diamond.