Local Toddler Hospitalized After Overdosing On Cocaine

POSTED: Wednesday, January 25, 2006

UPDATED: 11:37 am CST January 25, 2006

SAN ANTONIO -- A 18-month-old child was hospitalized Tuesday after he overdosed on cocaine.

Family members took the child to Baptist Medical Center after they noticed he was sick.

The child is expected to be OK.

Police said family members suspect the child probably got the drugs from the floor of a store.

No arrests have been made and Child Protective Services is involved in the case.

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