> 1 child dies, another hospitalized in separate fentanyl overdose cases in Pierce County
1 child dies, another hospitalized in separate fentanyl overdose cases in Pierce County
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The Pierce County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) said it responded to a pair of fentanyl overdoses involving young children over the weekend, including one that was fatal.
PCSD said deputies responded to a home in Spanaway early Saturday morning after a man called 911 reporting his 2-year-old daughter was not breathing. Upon arrival, deputies and paramedics said the child was dead. The father told deputies he fell asleep with his daughter and when he woke up around 4:20 a.m., she was non-responsive.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office informed PCSD on Monday that the child had a "significant amount of fentanyl in her system."
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