1 dead, 1 injured after carbon monoxide poisoning at Hallmark movie star Marc Blucas’ Pennsylvania home

One person was killed and another hospitalized after a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a Bucks County home Friday, police said. Records show the home is owned by actor Marc Blucas, who has appeared in several TV shows and Hallmark movies, and his wife, former journalist Ryan Haddon.

Solebury Township police say authorities investigated a property on the 6900 block of Phillips Mill Road after a resident called 911 around 6 p.m. .

Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad was first on the scene and removed the 76-year-old man from the building. He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey, and his condition was not immediately available.

Another victim, a 76-year-old woman, identified by the Bucks County Coroner’s Office as Dayle Haddon, was found dead in a second-floor bedroom in the in-law suite. Haddon is a well-known Canadian actress and model.

Police could not name who was in the home at the time or say whether the Blucas were there.

The New Hope Eagle Volunteer Fire Company detected high levels of carbon monoxide in the building, police said. Two doctors were taken to Doylestown Hospital for treatment after the exposure, and a Solebury Township police officer was treated at the scene.

Police are still investigating the source of the possible leak.

According to public records, Haddon and Blucas bought the house in 2012 for just over $1 million. Blucas has said in several interviews that he is restoring the home on the propertywhich was built in 1711.

The former Wake Forest University basketball player pursued a career in Hollywood and eventually appeared in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as Riley, one of Buffy’s love interests.

He has also starred in “Blue Bloods” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” with starring roles in the TV series “Necessary Roughness” and “Killer Women”. He once played Katie Holmes’ love interest in the movie “First Daughter,” in which Holmes plays the daughter of the President of the United States. Michael Keaton plays the president in the film.

In an appearance on the Hallmark Channel promoting the 2016 film “Operation Christmas,” Blucas spoke of restoring the centuries-old property with his wife and children.

“It was before George Washington was born… it’s pretty amazing and it’s a way to stay creatively stimulated when I’m not out filming,” he told hosts Mark Steines and Debbie Matenopoulos.

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Marc Blucas appears in an episode of ABC’s “Killer Women.”

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The Butler, Pennsylvania, native said he wanted to be closer to family, so they moved back to the East Coast.

“It’s the only part of the United States that has that kind of architecture with old stone barns and old stone houses,” Blucas said. “And so I knew these would be projects for life, which they are.”

The family lived in the guest house on the property while the main house was being renovated and then started getting animals like chickens and rabbits, he said in the interview.

Haddon now works as a life coach and hypnotherapist, according to her social media profiles. She was married to actor Christian Slater for several years and they had two children together.