LAKE PARK, Fla. (AP) — A Loxahatchee man died two days after authorities say he suffered a drug overdose while driving with an 11-year-old child.
The Palm Beach Post reports that rescue workers found 28-year-old David Reitz passed out a Lake Park intersection May 12 after the girl called 911.
He was treated for suspected opioid overdose, booked into jail on a child neglect charge that night and release the next morning on $3,000 bail.
The Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Reitz died May 14 but didn't release a cause of death.
A report says the girl, whose name and relationship to Reitz wasn't released, told a deputy that Reitz had stopped at a home earlier and emerged stumbling and appearing drunk. He drove erratically until the child asked him to pull over.