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Oak Park Overdose

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

UPDATED: Oak Park Teen, 17, Dies in Suspected Overdose

Cook County Medical Examiner's Office investigating the cause of teen's death.

Authorities are investigating the weekend death of an Oak Park teenager. According to a police report, authorities responded to a home in the 800 block of South Lombard Avenue at 10:18 p.m. Saturday after the unidentified 17-year-old boy's father found him "limp and unresponsive." Emergency crews tried to resuscitate the teen, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Police said the boy had arrived at the house earlier in the night with his 20-year-old girlfriend. They'd called a friend to drive them home "after they realized they were too intoxicated to drive," Oak Park Police Sgt. Michael Richardson said. The father left the couple at the house while he drove their friend home, police said. He returned an estimated 90 minutes later and …

Kevin Krueger

4:37 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012

well being that the person who drove them home lives in villa park and he lives in oak park its does take a while to go each way. if that helps clarify anything   more ›

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