Boy, 1, dies from a fentanyl overdose at daycare

Boy, 1, dies from a fentanyl overdose at daycare

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One-year-old Nicholas Feliz-Dominici who died from a fentanyl overdose at a Bronx daycare is pictured – as it’s revealed that the NYPD removed ‘multiple drugs’ from the center

  • The one-year-old boy who died after ingesting fentanyl at a Bronx daycare has been pictured for the first time
  • Nicholas Feliz-Dominici has been identified the deceased toddler who ‘ingested fentanyl’ along with three other kids who have been hospitalized 

The one-year-old boy who died from a fentanyl overdose at a Bronx daycare has been pictured for the first time. 

Nicholas Feliz-Dominici has been identified the deceased toddler who was one of four children that ‘ingested fentanyl’ while on the premises of Divino Nino Day Care on Morris avenue. 

‘Multiple drugs’ and supplies were removed from the Bronx daycare after the four kids ingested fentanyl, MailOnline.com can reveal. 

The boy devastated dad, Otoniel Feliz, appeared bleary eyed as he spoke to MailOnline.com outside his apartment, just 15 minutes from the Morris Avenue day care.

Otoniel, a father-of-five, said the family has been living there since 2019 but moved from the Dominican Republic in 2018.

He was in shock when he heard the news at first the hospital thought it could be carbon monoxide poisoning. 

His wife, who asked to remain anonymous, went to pick up their son early from day care but when she arrived ambulance had already taken her son to hospital. She was taken to hospital by police. 

She received a call while waiting outside the day care to say ‘something’ had happened. 

Nicholas was one of four children involved after the incident at the New York daycare, but didn’t survive. Three other children have been hospitalized. 

Police tape hung across the doorway of the premises on Saturday with officers at the scene continuing their investigation. 

Mayor Eric Adams expressed his sympathy for the family, sharing that he had spoken to the parents who lost their son. 

At a press conference on Saturday morning, Adams said the event should act as a warning for people with opioids in their homes.

‘To see the pain they are experiencing is something that all of us New Yorkers are experiencing and all of us that are parents…

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