Costa Rican authorities have announced that Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of Yankees great Brett Gardner, succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning while on a family vacation to the island nation last month.
Carboxyhemoglobin saturation, the medical event that occurs when carbon monoxide attaches itself to hemoglobin in the bloodstream, was found to be 64 percent in Miller’s body. That number is 14 percent higher than the level considered deadly.
“It’s important to note that adjacent to this room is a dedicated machine room, where it’s believed there may be some type of contamination toward these rooms,” said Randall Zúñiga, Director of the Judicial Investigation Agency.
On Tuesday, Miller’s family published a tribute to the teenager in the Charleston Post and Courier.
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“The void Miller’s passing leaves in the hearts
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