Ohio boy saves drug-overdosed parents

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WTVN) -- A five-year-old from western Ohio is being celebrated for bravery in saving his parents' lives.  

Police say the boy walked two blocks through Middletown, barefoot, to a relative's house after his parents overdosed on heroin.

Officers say they also found a younger sibling strapped in a car seat.

After they were revived, Lee Johnson and Chelsie Marshall were charged with child endangering and disorderly conduct.

(NBC NewsRadio contributed to this story)

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