Parents from Ohio were arrested on child endangerment charges on Tuesday. Husband and wife were discovered overdosed by the police in separate locations with their children.
Nathan Carroll, 29, was found by the police with an infant in the backseat after his car stirred off the road. Samantha Schigel, 24, was found in their home, overdosed and in the presence of their other children.
Schigel was arrested for endangering children, while Carroll was arrested for implied consent to test, operating a vehicle under the influence, endangering children, driving under suspension and failure to control according to ABC News.
Children services was contacted and the five children were released to their respective paternal grandfathers. It was unclear whether Carroll and Schigel had attorneys.
In Ohio, more than 3,300 people have died from accidental drug overdose in 2015. It went up by 21.5 percent from the previous year based on the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ohio is among the five states with the highest death rates linked to drug overdoses.