Five-year-old Sydney girl dies from suspected drug overdose

A FIVE-year-old Sydney girl has died from a suspected methadone overdose after being found unconscious by her grandfather.

A five year old girl has died from a suspected drug overdose after being found unconscious in her grandfather’s Quakers Hill home.

A FIVE-year-old girl has died from a suspected methadone overdose.

The child tested positive for the drug after being found unconscious two days ago.

Her grandfather raised the alarm after he tried to wake her at a home in Quakers Hill, in Sydney’s north west, on Tuesday afternoon.

But the girl was non-responsive and having difficulty breathing, Hawkesbury duty officer Peter Jenkins said.

The man called triple-0 and began CPR on the little girl.

Insp Jenkins said vials of methadone were found at the house when emergency services arrived.

“One examination (at hospital) has revealed the child had methadone in her urine,” Insp Jenkins said.

She was taken to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead where she died on Sunday.

A NSW Police spokeswoman said preliminary tests suggest the young girl died from a possible methadone overdose.

Detectives from the Child Abuse Squad are investigating the incident.

Police said the parents are extremely distressed and helping detectives with their investigations.

Detectives reportedly last week interviewed neighbours and others who were at the house at the time, including another child.

— With AAP

Originally published as Five-year-old Sydney girl dies from suspected drug overdose