Michelle Hanson tested positive for at least three drugs and alcohol on the night the van she was driving went into the Grand River near Orangeville, Ont., and her toddler son was swept away, according to documents filed in family court. Hanson allegedly had Percocet, OxyContin, cocaine and alcohol in her system on the night of Feb. 21, 2018, when her son, Kaden Young, 3, drowned, the court documents say. That information was contained in a letter to a family court judge in Orangeville from Dufferin Child and Family Services. Thousands of people volunteered to help search the banks of the Grand River. Kaden Young drowned in the Grand River near Orangeville, Ont., on Feb. 21, 2018.

Source: CBC News March 20, 2019 15:42 UTC