Overview
- First responders conducting a wellness check around 7:20 p.m. Monday found Joseph Boutros unconscious in a vehicle in a Bellevue Avenue parking lot, police said.
- Police said he had been charging his cellphone inside a car that was buried in snow with its tailpipe embedded, leading to deadly carbon monoxide buildup.
- Boutros was transported to Newport Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival, with police attributing the cause to carbon monoxide poisoning and ruling it accidental.
- Boutros, a 21-year-old Salve Regina offensive lineman and criminal justice and criminology student from Bohemia, New York, was publicly mourned by the university and its football program.
- Snow totals in the Newport area reached about 34 inches, and officials issued warnings to clear vehicle exhausts and properly place and ventilate generators as reports differed on whether the car was still running when help arrived.