Carbon monoxide suspected in B.C. boat death

A 58-year-old man was found dead and his partnerwas found unconscious on a boat docked at Halfmoon Bay onB.C.'s Sunshine Coast.

Barb McLintock, with the B.C. Coroners Service, says her office was called in Sunday after thetwo were found aboard the boat in a small boathouseat a marina.

The owner of the boatyardsawthe engine wasrunning, and then found thetwo men unresponsive aboard the boat and alerted emergency personnel.

"They did have the engine of the boat running and at some point, then, they were found and one of them was ill and taken to hospital and the other one, unfortunately, ended up deceased,"McLintock said.

The B.C. Coroners Service identified the deceased man as 58-year-old Rodrick Boggs, of West Vancouver.His partner was transported to Vancouver General Hospital for treatment.

The Coroners Serviceis now trying to determineif carbon monoxide poisoning is to blame.

McLintock saidit is possiblethe engine exhaustendedupin the boat cabin, and that the men were overcome by the exhaust fumes.