RALEIGH — A state capitol police officer was overcome by toxic fumes at a state building in Raleigh early Sunday morning.
Officer Will Smith was checking a leak in a PCV pipe outside the Bath Building at about 2:30 a.m.
Smith was overwhelmed by the fumes and taken to Wake Medical Center, where he was treated and released.
Hazmat crews and the Raleigh Fire Department determined that it was a freon leak from an air conditioner.
They say the interior of the building was not contaminated.
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