7 Children Hospitalized in Virginia After Overdosing on Sleeping Pills, Police Say

7 Children Hospitalized in Virginia After Overdosing on Sleeping Pills, Police Say
Ambulances in Roanoke, Va., on April 16, 2007. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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A group of children, all under the age of eight, required hospital treatment on Wednesday for a suspected overdose after they were given sleeping pills by another 7-year-old child, authorities say.

The Hopewell Police Department (HPD) responded to an emergency call at the home on South 16th Street in Hopewell around 5:30 p.m. and found four children, ages 1 to 4, unresponsive, WTVR-TV reported.
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