Drugs From Son’s Lethal OD Later Kill His Mother

A needle, spoon, and narcotics bag are seen near a heroin encampment in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 2017. Dominick Reuter/AFP/Getty Images

A Pennsylvania woman has died after unwittingly absorbing the drugs her son overdosed on the day before, according to reports.

Theresa Plummer, 69, found her 45-year-old son, Ronald, passed out in the bathroom of their home in Portage, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 5. She stayed with him in intensive care while doctors treated him.