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Girl, 11, calls 911 for mom who overdosed

Officials said the girl was very articulate and composed when telling the dispatchers her mother was unresponsive

By EMS1 Staff

WARREN, Ohio — An 11-year-old girl saved her mother by calling 911 to report that the woman unresponsive.

WKBN reported that police and EMS providers responded to the call after the girl told 911 dispatchers that she believed her mother, Vera Weston, had a seizure and was unresponsive.

Dispatchers said the girl was very articulate and composed when reporting the incident and gave them all the information they needed.

Weston was administered naloxone by paramedics and was transported to the hospital. She was charged with child endangerment.

The girl, who is now with her grandmother, said she was glad she wasn’t at school that day so she could help.