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Updated: Friday, 20 Apr 2012, 1:02 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 20 Apr 2012, 10:29 AM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A 10-year-old boy drank half a rum cocktail at an Olive Garden on 82nd Street when the restaurant mistakenly put a drink in front of him, according to a police report.
The boy’s mother told police she ordered her son a Wildberry Frullato for children, according to a report from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. When the waitress came to the table, she accidentally put a 4-ounce rum drink in front of the boy. He drank half.
The waitress realized her error and told a supervisor at the Olive Garden at 6130 E. 82nd St. Family members said they began to notice the boy wasn’t acting like his normal self, and the mother said management told her the boy would be fine, the report said.
Concerned about the boy, the family took him to a local hospital, where alcohol was discovered in his system. An officer responding to the hospital described the boy as “alert” but “shaken up.”
No family members at the table ordered alcohol while they were there Thursday night.
The restaurant chain released a statement about the incident Friday afternoon:
"We find this situation completely unacceptable and we are extremely upset that this occurred. We have a zero tolerance policy for any violation of our responsible alcohol service policy, and the employee who served the wrong drink has been terminated. We are thankful that the child is okay and we will continue to work with the family to resolve this issue."
Last year, the chain got national attention when a toddler was served sangria at an Olive Garden in Michigan.
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