"An infant was taken to the hospital in San Francisco Wednesday afternoon following an accidental fentanyl overdose, and two adults linked to the overdose were arrested. Police were called to the scene at a residence on Cravath Street on Treasure Island around 1:23 pm Wednesday. There they found an unresponsive infant, who was then taken to a hospital. Cravath Street is the site of one of the newest residential developments on the island."
"Police detained two adults at the scene for questioning: 33-year-old Precious Watson and 34-year-old Eric Brooks. Their relationship to the child was not disclosed. KTVU reports that both were arrested on suspicion of child endangerment, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, drug possession, out-of-county theftm and an enhancement for causing injury to a child under the age of 5."
"Incidents of accidental overdoses involving small children have plagued the Bay Area in recent years, but have primarily occurred outside of San Francisco. Two parents in Napa were charged with murder in August in connection with the fentanyl-overdose death of their three-year-old son a year earlier. Three adults including the child's two parents are facing murder charges in Santa Clara County over the August 2023 overdose death of 18-month-old Winter Rayo."
An infant on Treasure Island was taken to a San Francisco hospital Wednesday afternoon after an accidental fentanyl overdose. Police responded to a residence on Cravath Street around 1:23 p.m. and found the infant unresponsive; paramedics transported the child and later video showed the child alert and responsive. Two adults, 33-year-old Precious Watson and 34-year-old Eric Brooks, were detained and later arrested on suspicion of child endangerment, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, drug possession, out-of-county theftm, and an enhancement for causing injury to a child under age five; their relationship to the child was not disclosed. Similar fatal fentanyl cases have led to murder charges in Napa and Santa Clara counties.
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