Football

Minnesota Viking running back Herschel Walker says a favorite song made him sit in his car in a closed garage in Irving, Tex., causing him to suffer carbon monoxide poisoning.

Walker was taken by ambulance to a hospital about 3 a.m. Sunday after his wife, Cindy, found him unconscious in the garage of their home, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram reported today.

“He was treated in the emergency room about 3 a.m., and released at about 6 a.m.,” hospital spokeswoman Sharon Peters said. “It is not a serious thing at all.”

Walker said he had started his car in the closed garage and was preparing to leave when he paused to hear a favorite song on his cassette deck and apparently fell asleep.