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Victoria police investigating after toddler pricked by syringe

Discarded drug needle in Kelowna public space. Jim Douglas / Global News

Victoria police are investigating after a three-year-old child was pricked by a syringe on Monday afternoon.

Police say it happened in the 900-block of Pandora Avenue.

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Officers say the parents found their child crying and then found the uncapped needle.

READ MORE: Discarded needle goes through the shoe of a 6-year-old in Kelowna park

The child was taken to hospital suffering non-life threatening injuries.

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