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Police: 6-year-old dies after taking grandpa's medication

Police: 6-year-old dies after taking grandpa's medication
Police: 6-year-old dies after taking grandpa's medication
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MIAMI TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - Miami Township police are investigating the death of a six-year-old girl, according to Assistant Chief Mike Mills. 

Emergency crews responded to a home on Klondyke Road around 6:50 p.m. Monday.

Authorities were told that the child had taken some of her grandfather's medication and was "gravely ill," Mills said. 

A medical helicopter transported the girl to Cincinnati Children's Medical Center where she later died. 

Police are awaiting autopsy and toxicology results from the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office.

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