Toddler rushed to hospital after drinking mystery liquid from bottle he found at a playground

Toddler is rushed to hospital after drinking a mystery liquid from a bottle he found at a playground

  • Toddler rushed to hospital after he ingested a mystery liquid at a playground
  • Emergency services were called to Adelaide home before midday on Tuesday 
  • The boy drank the unknown liquid and passed out, but is stable in hospital


A toddler has been rushed to hospital after he drank an unknown substance from a bottle he found at a playground.

Paramedics rushed to the family home on Clearview Crescent in Clearview, about 8km north of the Adelaide CBD, just before lunchtime on Tuesday.

South Australian Police said the two-year-old boy ‘drank the unknown liquid and passed out’.

He was at the park with his mother where he is believed to have found the bottle in the bushes.

A toddler has been rushed to hospital after he ingested an unknown liquid at an Adelaide playground (pictured)

The boy’s father called 000 after they arrived home and the boy was unwell. 

He was taken to Women’s and Children’s Hospital in North Adelaide where he is in a stable condition and expected to make a full recovery. 

SA Police are searching the park for the bottle the boy drank from so the liquid could be forensically tested.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is urged to contact police.  

The toddler was rushed to SA Women's and Children's hospital (pictured) where he remains in a stable condition

The toddler was rushed to SA Women’s and Children’s hospital (pictured) where he remains in a stable condition

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