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Daily Mail
08-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Awful photo shows what happened to adorable Alabama girl, 5, who drank ETHANOL at school
The parents of a 5-year-old Alabama girl are desperate for answers after she was was found to have ingested a large amount of alcohol commonly found in cleaning products after being picked up from school. Little Algeria Singleton was limp and 'slobbering at the mouth' when her parents arrived at Collins-Rhodes Elementary School in Prichard outside Mobile on April 28. Her mother, Mary Singleton, said neither she nor her husband, Albert, 47, had been contacted by the school, despite their daughter's alarming condition. 'The school teachers came out to the van with her, but they was carrying her instead of her walking,' Mary told WKRG. 'The nurse, she broke it down as to where she probably felt like it was like an ear infection. But it was nothing of that nature.' The teacher then handed the child to her parents, urging them to seek emergency care. 'She was slobbering at the mouth, she was heavy, and the teacher handed her to me, saying we probably needed to take her to the ER,' Mary told WALA. Algeria was rushed to Children's and Women's Hospital in Mobile, where she spent two days in the ICU. Doctors found she had consumed a large amount of ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, which is commonly found in products like hand sanitizers, skincare items, perfumes, and some food packaging materials, according to the Chemical Safety Facts Organization. The girl's blood-alcohol content was recorded at 0.29 percent - more than four times the legal driving limit of 0.08 percent for adults in Alabama. 'How is this even possible?' Albert asked. 'Where was the supervision?' A toxicology report confirmed the presence of ethanol, though how Algeria accessed it remains unclear. Albert said his daughter was unresponsive from about 3 pm, when they picked her up at school, until around 3 am the next morning. Algeria was discharged from the hospital on April 30 and is recovering slowly, reported. The family said they did not plan to send her back to the school for the rest of the year. The Singletons are now desperate for answers as to what happened that day and how their little girl may have accessed the substance. Doctors found she had ingested a large amount of ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, which is commonly found in products like hand sanitizers, skincare items, perfumes, and some food packaging materials The Singletons (pictured with family) are now desperate for answers as to what happened that day and how their little girl may have accessed the toxic substance 'It's hard to deal with when you see your child walking into school and being carried out, you know, and you don't have any idea what's going on,' Albert told WALA. 'We feel betrayed,' Mary added to WKRG. 'Because of the way the whole situation was handled. Bad. You know, and they know us personally… and they could have did a better job reaching out.' The Mobile County Public Schools System did not respond to several news outlets' requests for comment. Albert said the incident is being investigated by the Prichard Police Department, Mobile County Sheriff's Office and the Mobile County District Attorney's Office.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Parents of 4-year-old with ethanol in her system looking for answers
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The parents of a 4-year-old found with ethanol in her system are trying to make sense of what happened. FBI joins investigation of deadly Clarke County crash that killed 2, injured 4 Her parents discovered after picking their daughter, Algeria, up from school. The parents told News 5 they still aren't sure exactly what she drank or how she got hold of it. They said all they knew was their daughter was OK when they dropped her off, and she was not OK when they picked her up. 'How is this even possible?' Algeria's father, Albert Singleton, asked. 'Where was the supervision?' Singleton and his wife were in the school pickup line at Collins-Rhodes Elementary School last Monday when their daughter was brought out to them unresponsive. 'The school teachers came out to the van with her, but they was carrying her instead of her walking,' Singleton said. 'The nurse, she broke it down as to where she probably felt like it was like an ear infection. But it was nothing of that nature.' Singleton said the school didn't call him or his wife. They found out when they arrived at the school's normal dismissal time. Algeria's parents immediately took her to a hospital, and from there, she was transferred to another hospital. 'One of the nurses turned around saying like, 'Hey, just so y'all know, while being transferred, she threw up one time on the ambulance ride,'' Singleton said. 'She said, and that's the blanket right over there, if you smell it, it don't smell like vomit. That's the smell of some type of disinfectant cleaner or something.' The test results only added to their confusion. 'They finally came into the room and told us that ethanol was found in the system,' said Singleton. 'I was perplexed.' Ethanol is in alcoholic beverages, cleaning products and fuel. Algeria spent two nights in the hospital but is now back home and feeling better. The family said they still want answers. 'We feel betrayed,' Singleton said. 'Because of the way the whole situation was handled. Bad. You know, and they know us personally, you know, because our other kids been going there before her, and they could have did a better reach out.' 3 Mobile County men arrested in FBI-led 'Operation Restore Justice' News 5 reached out to the Mobile County Public School System spokesperson, who said the school system is investigating the allegation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRG News 5.
