Five police officers who rushed to rescue a man poisoned by a carbon monoxide leak at a Sydney restaurant have been praised for putting their own lives at risk, having been hospitalised following their act of bravery.

A 25-year-old man could not be saved after emergency services attempted resuscitation outside the Haveli Indian restaurant in Riverstone on Tuesday morning, following a call from the restaurant’s owner and his son.

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Gavin Wood said the officers started CPR in the contaminated building before sensing “something probably a little amiss” in the restaurant, forcing them to pull the man outside to continue resuscitation efforts that ultimately proved unsuccessful.

“The five police officers who were involved with the CPR and the intervention and

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