SOUTH BERWICK, Maine (AP) — Police say two teenage boys who were poisoned over the weekend mistakenly consumed antifreeze from a liquor bottle they’d taken from a neighbor’s garage in South Berwick, Maine.
South Berwick Police Chief Dana Lajoie says the 16-year-old boy and his 15-year-old friend thought they were drinking alcohol over the weekend. Parents of the 16-year-old called police Sunday morning because the boys seemed extremely intoxicated.
Police thought the boys had been poisoned so they were taken to a hospital in New Hampshire before being transferred to a Boston hospital.
Police said Monday that one of the boys was recovering to the point that he could be questioned. Lajoie said it appears that the poisoning was accidental but that the investigation is continuing.
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