12-year-old becomes youngest person to die of overdose in B.C. during pandemic

published on May 5, 2021 by Brendan Strain in CTV News

VICTORIA — Adriana Londono is trying to come to terms with the fact that she will never get to see her 12-year-old daughter again.

“She was too young to go,” said Londono.

Her daughter Ally died of a suspected fentanyl overdose on April 14.

“I was told that she was the youngest to die from an overdose from fentanyl since the COVID crisis began,” Londono said.

The BC Coroners Service is still investigating the cause of death, and says the youngest person to die during B.C.’s overdose crisis was 13 years old…

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