NJ woman who worked 4 jobs dies while napping in car

[Aunchie_Sana]

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A New Jersey woman who worked four jobs to make ends meet has died while napping in her car between shifts.

Maria Fernandes, 32, of Newark, died Monday from a mix of carbon monoxide and fumes from an overturned gas container that she kept in her 2001 Kia Sportage, the New York Daily News reports.

Investigators said Fernandes pulled into a lot off Route 1 and 9 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, for a nap early Monday morning.


She left the car running and, police said, the fumes from a spilled gas canister and the car's exhaust combined to kill her.

She was found dead around 3:51 p.m.

No foul play is suspected, according to Elizabeth Police Lt. Daniel Saulnier.

"This sounds like someone who tried desperately to work and make ends meet, and met with a tragic accident," Saulnier told NJ.com.

Fernandes, who was born in Portugal before emigrating to the U.S., was beloved by co-workers like Parth Patel, who worked with her at a Penn Station Dunkin' Donuts.

“She used to work like three shifts every day,” Patel told NJ.com. “Sometimes she wouldn’t sleep for five days.”

As hard as she worked, Fernandes had planned to take a break from all her jobs this Friday in order to celebrate Michael Jackson's birthday at a Central Park memorial.

Her co-workers said Fernandes idolized the late singer, and often belted out his songs and mimicked his dance moves while on the job.

They plan to hold a tribute to her, News12.com reports.

WHAT THE ACTUAL ******** is going on with the economy when someone has to work FOUR jobs to make ends meet??

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[Honey of the South]

No one should have to work four jobs for any reason. That poor woman.

[Owchy T_T]

At least she didn't die horridly and just passed in her sleep.

Hope her family is alright.

[A mali]

Suicide is not suspected?

[Sevalle]

4 jobs, 3 shifts and days of lack of sleep. No wonder she was gassed.
Poor woman.

[Yuki_Windira]

Poor lady,it's outragous that one has to work that many jobs to get by.:<

[lVlIGHTY]

Thats so sad n horrible. the poor woman had 4 jobs just to make ends meet, and i thought my 5 to 5 shift was hard. This poor woman would go days without sleep! And take small naps before her next job/shift. She seemed fun and enjoyabke to be around, and with a sense of humor. RIP Maria Fernandes. neutral

[AliKat1988]

A mali

Suicide is not suspected?

Well even if were worth considering how much would it even matter? Dead by accident vs dead by suicide after a draining life doesn't seem that different. Also for her family and friends it is pry more comforting to leave it as an accident as it doesn't produce as much feeling like they could have intervened

[A mali]

AliKat1988

A mali

Suicide is not suspected?

Well even if were worth considering how much would it even matter? Dead by accident vs dead by suicide after a draining life doesn't seem that different. Also for her family and friends it is pry more comforting to leave it as an accident as it doesn't produce as much feeling like they could have intervened

Proper documentation, I guess. Tragic, but someone may be interested in what actually happened.

[Kai-Shan Valandria]

Working four jobs is likely much less problematic than you guys think it is, more likely than not. No one offers full time work anymore, especially in retail. You get a few hours here and there, and you get lucky enough to find another job which will work around the hours of the first job, and so on. I've had three at the same time without too much trouble - one morning job five days a week (7-1), one job weekends only mornings, and one job working four days a week, 3-9. Granted, you may need to work very hard for awhile until you can build up some goodwill to regularly schedule days off each week, but it's not impossible, and it's a great way to make a fair amount of money fairly quickly.

Also, this was sad, but this is why you don't store gas cans in your car. They emit fumes which can kill you, as we saw here.