7 Kids, Including A Toddler, Overdose On Sleeping Pills Handed Out By 7-Year-Old, Authorities Say
Seven children under the age of 8 have been hospitalized in Virginia after one of them gave sleeping pills to the other kids, authorities say.
According to WTVR-TV, authorities arrived at an apartment in Hopewell, Va., and located four children unresponsive. Three other children were found in a separate room. They were awake but sluggish.
According to news outlets, three of the children are in critical condition and the other four are stable. All of the children are expected to recover. Police say the mother of three dropped the children off at the mother of four’s apartment and while watching the kids the second mother left to go to the corner store. Once she returned she realized the children “weren’t acting right.”
The mom says she then noticed an empty prescription bottle and quickly contacted the police.
“They were left unsupervised for a short period of time, and one of the kids that has prescription medication got into it and shared with the other children,” Lt. Cheyenne Casale told WTVR.
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The woman told reporters she told a man that was at the home that she was leaving and expected him to watch the kids but she is not sure if she communicated that correctly. But police have still not confirmed if there was another man in the home.
No charges have been filed, but PEOPLE ensures that the Hopewell Police Department and DCF are both investigating the case.