A TEENAGE girl has died after being rushed to hospital following a suspected drugs overdose.
Paramedics were called to Redcotts Park in Wimborne late on Monday night.
Police were then alerted by the ambulance service that a 16-year-old girl was being taken from the park near St Margaret’s Hill to hospital.
Officers had been told by South Western Ambulance Service that this was following a suspected drugs overdose.
The girl’s condition was described as critical earlier this week. She died in hospital on Thursday.
A Dorset Police spokesperson said: “At 11.01pm on Monday, July 6, Dorset Police received a call from the ambulance service reporting that they were taking a 16-year-old girl from a park near St Margaret’s Hill in Wimborne to hospital following a suspected drugs overdose.
“Very sadly, the girl died in hospital on Thursday, July 9.
“Our thoughts are with her family and they are being supported by specially-trained officers.”
Four people have been arrested in relation to the incident.
Three have been released under investigation while a 17-year-old Wimborne boy is assisting officers with their inquiries.
“Following inquiries in relation to the incident, a woman aged in her 20s from Bournemouth was arrested on suspicion of the supply of a controlled drug of class A and has been released under investigation,” the police spokesman added.
“Two 16-year-old boys from Wimborne were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a class A controlled drug and they have also been released under investigation.
“Following further inquiries, on Friday, July 10, a 17-year-old from Wimborne was arrested on suspicion of the supply of a controlled drug of class A and he is assisting officers with their enquiries.
“There will continue to be an increased police presence in the area and local officers can be approached with any community concerns.”
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