Indiana toddler tragically dies after ingesting opioid treatment pill found in backpack 

An 18-month-old Indiana kid tragically died days after ingesting a pill used to treat opioid addiction that she found in a thrift store backpack, according to family and officials.

Azana Trentman became unresponsive and was rushed to the hospital after falling ill on September 4, and died four days after,  reports KFVS12, citing Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office.

Parents Austen Trentman and Shayna Wood took little

Azana was playing with a backpack while the parents Austen Trentman and Shayna Wood were browsing, as per a Facebook  post from her grandmother Tawnya Wood.

“At some point, Azana found something in the backpack and ingested it. Austen took immediate action to clear her mouth and induced vomiting since he wasn’t sure what it was,” Wood wrote. “He tasted the substance, and it tasted sweet, and it had a melted candy consistency.”

The tot seemed fine afterward so they continued running errands — but once they returned home, “their world turned upside down,” Wood wrote.

“After many days of testing, yesterday we finally got results that are devastating. The toxicology report indicated the substance was a fruit-flavored dissolvable suboxone pill,” the grandmother wrote.

She was taken to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, she said.

Though little Azana did not survive, she will live on to help others as her parents decided to donate her organs to three recipients, wrote Wood.

“She brought immense joy and love into our lives, and her memory will forever remain in our hearts,” she said.

A GoFundMe page set up when the toddler was hospitalised surpassed its $10,000 goal, hitting more than $19,000 by Friday night.

The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office said the toddler’s cause of death is still under investigation as they await results from the autopsy, according to KFVS12.