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Child finds adult dead from apparent overdose

An investigation is underway after a 9-year-old finds an adult dead Tuesday morning.

The child went to neighbors, along Cathedral Avenue in Cresson, Cambria County,  who called 911 around 7 a.m. 

According to Jeff Lees, the Cambria County coroner, there was drug paraphernalia found at the scene and it is being investigated as an overdose death. An autopsy will be completed Tuesday afternoon.