Babysitter, 46, passes out from 'heroin overdose' at a gas pump with a toddler in her car in latest reminder of America's opioid epidemic

  • Bambi Taylor, 46, was found passed out at a gas pump in Florida on Tuesday
  • She had gone out for a drive because the toddler she was caring for was restless
  • Police say she they were able to revive her after she suffered a heroin overdose
  • The two-year-old girl was found unharmed strapped into the back seat
  • Taylor is charged with one count of child abuse without great bodily harm
  • Incident is a reminder that America is still caught in the grip of a heroin crisis

By Hannah Parry For Dailymail.com

Published: 18:49 EST, 26 January 2017 | Updated: 18:50 EST, 26 January 2017

A heroin-using babysitter has been arrested after police found her passed out at a gas pump, with a toddler in the backseat of her car.

Bambi Taylor, 46, was looking after the two-year-old girl and had decided to take her out for a drive because the youngster was restless, she told police.

She had driven to the Cumberland Farms gas station in Deltona, Florida, to fill up on Tuesday evening at around 8pm.

Bambi Taylor, 46, (left in her mugshot, and right) was arrested after passing out at a gas pump from a suspected heroin overdose with a toddler in her car

Staff called the police when they noticed she had passed out, ClickOrlando reports.

Volusia County deputies say they found Taylor unresponsive but the toddler was unharmed, still strapped into the backseat of the 2001 Toyota Highlander.

A first responder administered Narcan - for suspected heroin overdose - and Taylor was able to regain consciousness before she was taken to hospital. 

She has since been charged with one count of child abuse without great bodily harm.

Meanwhile, the girl was returned to the custody of her mother.

The incident is the latest reminder that America is caught in the grip of a heroin epidemic.

Police found her at Cumberland Farms gas station in Deltona, Florida,  on Tuesday evening at around 8pm

She has since been charged with one count of child abuse without great bodily harm

Last June, a report from the United Nations warned of an opioid crisis gripping the States with cheap supply helping push the number of users to a 20-year high.

Authorities have said they are coping with an abnormal spike in the number of overdoses after heroin cut with elephant tranquilizer 10,000 times more powerful than morphine was being taken.

In October, footage emerged of bystanders laughing at a married couple as they fell unconscious in the street in broad daylight after overdosing on heroin.

The video showed a husband and wife writhing on the floor after snorting the drug in the bathroom of a nearby Walgreens before they pass out in the street in Memphis, Tennessee.  

Paramedics eventually arrived on the scene and revived Carla Hiers, 59, and her partner, who are both long-time drug addicts. She is seen on her knees before she loses consciousness. Her partner passes out while bent backwards over a bench. 

Perhaps the most shocking image of the summer showed a couple slumped, passed out in their car with a four-year-old boy looking on from the back seat.

The incident is the latest reminder that America is caught in the grip of a heroin epidemic. Ohio police shared this distressing photograph on social media of Rhonda Pasek and her boyfriend James Acord passed out in their vehicle while Pasek's four-year-old grandson looks on from the back seat 

The image was shared on social media by Ohio police in a bid to raise awareness of 'this horrible drug'. 

The woman, 50-year-old Rhonda Pasek, who became known as 'heroin grandma', was sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading no contest to child endangering. Her boyfriend James Acord received 360 days in jail for child endangering and operating a vehicle under the influence. 

In an emotional jailhouse interview with DailyMail.com, Pasek insisted she was not on heroin and that she had drunk a single bottle of Redd's Blueberry Ale and took part of what she thought was a Percocet-like painkiller because she was feeling so bad. 

She said: 'I made the worst mistake of my life. I'll be paying for this until the day I die. 

 'I know how wrong I was and there is no taking it back. I take full responsiblity. 

In October, footage emerged of bystanders laughing at a married couple as they fell unconscious in the street in broad daylight after overdosing on heroin 

Paramedics eventually arrived on the scene and revived Carla Hiers, 59, (pictured) and her partner

When asked about the allegations of heroin, Pasek rolled up the sleeves of her dark green prison uniform and showed her arms which had no sign of any trackmarks.

Her public defender also told the local newspaper The Review that Pasek had tested negative for heroin and said no syringes were found in the car. 

In another case, a daughter live streamed her parents on a 'heroin binge' after she returned home to find them wasted in front of the TV.

None of the family were named in the video. 

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