ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- A woman is dead and a 7-year-old girl is hurt after an HVAC unit malfunctioned at a Rocky Mount motel.

City officials say crews were responding to a possible electrocution at the Economy Inn Monday around noon.

A 10-year-old boy who was in the room told emergency crews the air conditioning unit started smoking.

When the woman went to open the door to let the smoke out, she collapsed.

An autopsy will be done to determine her cause of death.

The little girl was taken to the hospital for treatment.

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