2 ½ YEAR OLD DIES FROM OVERDOSE 10-01-2009

A TOXICOLOGY REPORT SHOWS A 2 1/2-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM FRIARS POINT IN COAHOMA COUNTY DIED LAST MONTH FROM AN OVERDOSE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INTENDED TO PREVENT SEIZURES. COAHOMA COUNTY DEPUTY CORONER MACK HARRIS SAID THAT THE OVERDOSE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL. HE SAID THE AMOUNT OF TEGRETAL FOUND IN CADIAYSHA JOHNSON'S SYSTEM WOULD HAVE BEEN LETHAL TO AN ADULT. THE MEDICATION COMES IN PILLS. HARRIS SAYS A PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY HAD INDICATED CADIAYSHA DIED OF SUFFOCATION, BUT MORE DETAILS WERE DISCOVERED THROUGH THE TOXICOLOGY TESTS. AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 4 AFTER THE GIRL'S GRANDMOTHER SAID SHE DISCOVERED CADIAYSHA WASN'T BREATHING. THE GIRL'S 23-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WAS AT WORK AT THE TIME.