Costa Rica’s top health official has launched an investigation into the luxury resort where former Yankee Brett Gardner’s teen son died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said.
Health Minister Mary Munive Angermuller made the bombshell announcement on Friday, just two days after the Costa Rican police revealed that 14-year-old Miller Gardner’s death was caused by the noxious gas as at the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort while on a family vacation.
“The Ministry of Health is also investigating what happened at a hotel in Manuel Antonio following a report by the Judicial Investigation Agency which indicates the unfortunate death of a person due to carbon monoxide inhalation,” Angermuller said in a statement.
“In response to inquiries regarding this case, the Ministry of Health is gathering information and conducting the necessary investigations,” the statement said.
Brett and Jessica Gardner were vacationing with their sons, Miller and Hunter, when they became sick after eating at a restaurant near their hotel at the picturesque beach resort on March 20.
The following day Miller was found unresponsive in his bed and was pronounced dead after doctors summoned to the hotel were unable to revive him after 30 minutes of performing CPR.
Police initially suspected the teen died from asphyxiation due to food poisoning but quickly ruled it out.
Last week authorities revealed that Miller died from high levels of carbon monoxide in his room, which is next to a machine room that houses mechanisms for the hotel’s pool.
The grief-stricken Gardner family remained in Costa Rica until his body was released.
A spokesperson for the hotel denied initial reports by police that there were high levels of carbon monoxide in Miller’s room before he died in his bed.
The rep did not respond to requests for comment from The Post following the announcement Wednesday that the deadly, odorless gas was the cause of the teen’s death.
Brett Gardner, 41, was a fixture in the outfield for the Bronx Bombers for all of his 14 years as a major leaguer, and was a member of the team’s 2009 World Series championship squad.