A child, who was close to being two years old, died yesterday after accidentally drinking a bottle of poison that was left on the floor of a storeroom by his grandfather at their home in Town Head,Westmoreland.

THE STAR was informed that the incident took place around 11:30 a.m. when the infant's grandfather left the bottle of poisonous chemical unattended for a short while as he went outside to retrieve a spray can.

Upon his return, he saw the infant drinking from the bottle and he was taken to the Savannah-la-Mar Hospital. The boy, however, died before he got there.

"Sumthing mix up wid spray for duck ants that the pickney drink," a woman who was at the hospital at the time of the infant's arrival told THE STAR.

Information received indicated that the infant's grandfather might have been preparing a mixture of poison with the intention of using it to kill the ants.

It was then that the infant moved towards the poison under the impression that it was a drink as it was in a beverage bottle familiar to him. It apparently had a colour similar to one of his favourite drinks.

After drinking the poison, the infant then reportedly lost consciousness and his family members tried to revive him. However, after their effort failed he was taken to the hospital but it was too late.

THE STAR also understands that the infant's grandfather fainted after his death.

"After the grandfather hear seh the little pickney dead ... him drop down and dem did affi rush him in a wheelchair," the woman also explained.

Up to press time last night, checks by THE STAR to find out the type of poison consumed by the boy was unsuccessful.

The Constabulary Communications Network confirmed the incident.