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A downtown business owner has come forward following reports a child accidently pricked themselves on a discarded needle Monday afternoon at the McDonaldB次元官网网址檚 franchise he owns on Pandora Avenue.
B次元官网网址淎s the owner of a local family friendly business, I am treating this incident with the utmost priority and taking the situation very seriously,B次元官网网址� Wayne Krawchuck said in a statement Tuesday.
B次元官网网址淲e have spoken with the family involved, and are also working closely with the local police.B次元官网网址�
The parents realized something was wrong when their child began crying, according to the Victoria Police Department.
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B次元官网网址淯pon inspection by the parents, they noticed an uncapped syringe. The three-year-old was taken to hospital suffering non-life threatening injuries,B次元官网网址� according to a statement from VicPD.
Police are in the early stages of their investigation and ask anyone with information to call 250-995-7654.
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Last summer a security guard patrolling a downtown parkade found a syringe taped to the underside of a hand railing on Yates St. and in Nov. 2017 an uncapped syringe was found in a downtown parking ticket dispenser.
