Sheriff: Infant Dies In Sleep-Related Incident In Pontiac

By DeJanay Booth, CBS Detroit

March 25, 2023

PONTIAC, Mich. - An infant has died in a sleep-related death Thursday in Pontiac, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies were called to a home shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday for a baby not breathing.

"Before arriving at the residence, deputies learned the mother was rushing the baby to the hospital. The mother, who saw the patrol vehicle, got out of her car, and ran to the deputy with the baby in her arms," the sheriff's office said in a press release.

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