Monday, January 9, 2012

Son Dies, Mother Injured in Southwestern Illinois Fire

EAGLE PARK, Ill. (AP) - State fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a trailer home fire that killed a man in southwestern Illinois. Madison County's coroner says 38-year-old Deuntramon Mosby died in the fire early Sunday in the tiny community of Eagle Park. His 57-year-old mother managed to escape and was treated at a hospital. Relatives say the two were asleep when the woman awoke to find smoke and flames. She tried to wake her son, then scrambled to a neighbor's house to call emergency responders. Sheriff's Captain Mike Dixon says a preliminary investigation shows no signs of foul play. The coroner says Mosby was identified through eyewitness accounts of his presence in the home when the fire began and the surgically implanted, serial-numbered orthopedic implants he got during neck surgery. - http://goo.gl/1BKmp