Two boys cry for help, saved overdosed parents, police say

The Associated Press
Friday, June 9, 2017 9:12 a.m. | Friday, June 9, 2017 9:12 a.m.

Andrew Russell | Tribune-Review

Two workers from the Montgomery County coroner’s office in Dayton, Ohio, carry out the body of woman who died from an overdose at a Dayton hotel Thursday, April 13, 2017. Southeastern Ohio is on pace to have more than 2,000 overdose deaths in 2017, many of which can be attributed to new synthetic opiates like Carfentanil.

UPPER DARBY — Police say 4-year-old and 1-year-old boys saved a Pennsylvania couple who overdosed by yelling out a window for help.

Upper Darby police say the children yelled out the window, crying that their parents were locked in the bathroom and wouldn't come out.

Neighbor Kendra Outen called 911, and she and others cared for the children as police and paramedics arrived to revive the couple from heroin overdoses on Wednesday. Neighbors say the children clutched the leg of one of the responding officers.

The couple, 32-year-old Sean Dolhancryk and 31-year-old Sandra Dicianno, were in a county jail Friday on drug possession and child endangerment charges.

They don't have attorneys listed in court records.

Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood says, “This addiction is more powerful than love of your children.”