Alton Banks, 10, dies after contact with fentanyl in Miami, Florida
Boy, 10, dies after contact with fentanyl
The State Attorney's Office said the child was at a neighborhood pool then later that day became seriously ill and died.
Investigators say they aren't sure where the boy came into contact with the drug but do not believe it was at his home.
Florida boy, 10, among youngest victims of opioid crisis, officials say
Alton Banks returned home from a neighborhood outing at the local pool on June 23 and started vomiting. Family members later discovered him unconscious and rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the Miami Herald reported.
A 10-year-old Miami boy may be latest — and among youngest — victim of opioid crisis
The death comes against the backdrop of a staggering opioid crisis that has wreaked havoc across the country, with hundreds of South Florida drug users fatally overdosing in recent years. But illegal fentanyl and some of its synthetic cousins can be so powerful that just a speck, breathed in or absorbed through the skin, can fatally affect an unwitting victim.
Why every fatality from a crash is not legally a wrongful death
After someone dies in a motor-vehicle accident, grieving family members and friends are often left with many questions. What caused the accident? Could it have been avoided? What do they do now that their loved one is gone?
Sometimes a fatal collision happens through no one's fault. Crashes caused by weather and road conditions, or by wildlife in the roadway, are examples. But when a fatal crash is caused by negligence, then family members should pursue a wrongful death claim, to uphold the victim's rights and begin the financial recovery process. Learn more about wrongful death claims here.
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