BOONE, N.C. — The family of an elderly couple killed from carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at a Best Western in Boone are suing.
The family announced Tuesday they filed a lawsuit against Best Western International, the parent company of Best Western Plus Blue Ridge Plaza hotel.
Daryl and Shirley Jenkins were vacationing in Boone and staying in a room located above the equipment room for the indoor heated pool. According to the lawsuit, deficiencies in the pool heater and exhaust ventilation system resulted in deadly carbon monoxide filling the room and killing the couple.
Less than two months after the Jenkins died, an 11-year-old child also died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the same hotel room.
The lawsuit outlines a series of equipment failures and human errors that directly created the conditions which caused their deaths.
