TOWN OF MEDINA, Wis. (AP) -- Dane County sheriff's officials say one of the two children hospitalized after drinking gasoline has died.
Deputies were called to a residence in the Town of Medina Sunday night where a 2-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother had ingested gasoline. The girl was rushed to St. Mary's Hospital in Sun Prairie where she was pronounced dead. The boy was taken by Med Flight to University Hospital in Madison.
Authorities say the siblings had climbed into a neighbor's car, which had a gas can in the back. The children and their mother live in Portage and were visiting a friend at the time.
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TOWN OF MEDINA, Wis. (AP) -- Dane County sheriff's officials say two young children are hospitalized after swallowing gasoline.
Deputies were called to the Town of Medina Sunday night where the 2-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy had ingested gasoline. Authorities say the siblings climbed into a neighbor's car, which had a gas can in the back.
Sheriff's Sgt. Tim Elve tells WISC-TV that when family members noticed the children were missing, they began frantically searching and called 911.
One child was rushed to the hospital by air and the other by ambulance. Authorities did not release the conditions of the children.
