NYC veterinarian found dead after snow clogs exhaust of mobile clinic: sources

A veterinarian died after snow clogged up the exhaust of the mobile clinic where he was working in Queens Sunday, police and law-enforcement sources said.

Cops responded to a 911 call for an unconscious person at 157-18 65th Avenue in Kew Gardens Hills around 9:25 a.m., police said.

The vet, a 57-year-old man, was found unconscious and unresponsive by the officers, as was a 73-year-old man, believed to be the owner of the van operating as a clinic, according to cops and sources.

A view of the scene of where a veterinarian died in Queens after snow clogged the exhaust of his mobile clinic on Sunday. Google Maps

EMS pronounced the veterinarian dead, while the older man was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital in stable condition, according to authorities.

An investigation was ongoing. The office of the chief medical examiner will determine the vet’s cause of death, police said.

— Additional reporting by Joe Marino