Twins, 2, treated for alcohol poisoning

Updated: Sunday, 10 Mar 2013, 9:32 AM EDT
Published : Saturday, 09 Mar 2013, 4:53 PM EST

KOKOMO, Ind. (Kokomo Tribune) - Police in Kokomo arrested a man after twin 2-year-olds were found suffering from alcohol poisoning.

Officers who were responding to an incomplete 911 call stopped a vehicle and learned the occupants of the car lived in the home where the call came from, the The Kokomo Tribune reports.

Police say they found a 2-year-old in the car unresponsive. The child’s twin and another child, 3, were found back at the home suffering from some sort of illness.

The twins were flown to a hospital in Indianapolis where they were treated for alcohol poisoning.

The driver of the car, Joel O'Bannon, was arrested and faces two preliminary charges of neglect of a dependent, a Class B felony.

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