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Associated Press - November 3, 2009 5:25 PM ET
EAST BLOOMFIELD, N.Y. (AP) - Less than a week apart, two young men have died of asphyxiation by intentionally inhaling toxic mixes of household chemicals while seated in cars in upstate New York.
Authorities say each victim left a sign on the window warning emergency crews not to open the car doors because of toxic fumes.
A 21-year-old man was found dead Monday at a park in East Bloomfield, 20 miles southeast of Rochester. Sheriff Phil Povero (PAH'-ver-oh) says Tuesday an autopsy determined the victim, who lived in the region, intentionally mixed chemicals to create lethal hydrogen sulfide gas.
A 22-year-old man from Berkeley, Calif., also died by mixing similar chemicals after parking along a highway last week some 50 miles away in Cayuga County.
Authorities did not release the name of either man.
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