Rescuers revived a 1-year-old boy who suffered an overdose after ingesting opiates Thursday evening in a home on Gale Street in West Akron.
Authorities said the boy’s 9-year-old brother called 911 at 6:22 p.m. to say that the baby wasn’t breathing. Officers and paramedics arrived at the home and gave the boy Narcan, an overdose reversal drug. Authorities were looking for the baby’s mother, who fled when police arrived, Akron Police Lt. Rick Edwards said.
The boy was transported to Akron Children’s Hospital, where he received a second dose of Narcan. He was breathing on his own at 8 p.m., police said.
Edwards said that this was the youngest opiate overdose ever recorded in Akron.
Summit County Children Services took custody of both children.