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russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto) wrote:

>In article <35eb8ce7.19622831@news.pipeline.com>,
>Walt Horning <whorning@pipeline.com> wrote:
>
>}But if the driver was so drunk and poisoned, how did he manage to
>}drive as far as he did? And why didn't the body guard notice he was
>}incapacitated? He also seemed fine on camera. Something does not add
>}up?
>
>CO poisoning is insidious -- if it affected one in the car, it could
>have affected them all without them noticing anything but tiredness.
>
>CO poisoning from a car isn't very common nowadays, though, and I'd
>expect even less common in a presumably well-maintained Mercedes.  I
>suspect this is an attempt to exonerate Henri-Paul.

Yeah, what you have is two contradictory problems. Alcohol makes
Henri-Paul look "responsible" for the death, but CO poisoning does
not. 

Despite well-maintained Mercedes, other cars or motor bikes in the
area could have effected him, but it would seem only in an enclosed
area this would be possible. Maybe there was a delivery truck at the
rear of the Ritz that had its engine left running and maybe Henri-Paul
was hanging out nearby, say in the kitchen. Of course its too late to
test the kitchen staff for CO poisoning to confirm this.

Also, I heard some brands of cigarettes put out some CO, especially
flavored or scented cigarettes. Was Henri-Paul a smoker?