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| Gabriela Gilliam: Toddler gets 'drunk' after being served sangria instead of cranberry juice in restaurant | Gabriela Gilliam: Toddler gets 'drunk' after being served sangria instead of cranberry juice in restaurant |
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| A toddler was taken to hospital after she was given sangria rather than cranberry juice at a restaurant in North Carolina. | A toddler was taken to hospital after she was given sangria rather than cranberry juice at a restaurant in North Carolina. |
| Derek and Gabriella Gilliam looked on, increasingly anxious, as their two-year-old daughter became making strange faces, shortly after being given the drink at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Asheville where they had gone for Mr Gilliam’s 25th birthday. | Derek and Gabriella Gilliam looked on, increasingly anxious, as their two-year-old daughter became making strange faces, shortly after being given the drink at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Asheville where they had gone for Mr Gilliam’s 25th birthday. |
| “You shouldn’t have to be scared for your two-year-old child over some stupid mistake like that,” Mrs Gilliam told Fox News. | “You shouldn’t have to be scared for your two-year-old child over some stupid mistake like that,” Mrs Gilliam told Fox News. |
| Derek and Tiffany Gilliam are angry their daughter was given sangria instead of juice | Derek and Tiffany Gilliam are angry their daughter was given sangria instead of juice |
| The youngster was taken to hospital where doctors confirmed she had accidentally ingested alcohol. A member of the restaurant staff accompanied the youngster and her parents. | The youngster was taken to hospital where doctors confirmed she had accidentally ingested alcohol. A member of the restaurant staff accompanied the youngster and her parents. |
| The restaurant chain, which has more than 400 outlets across the US, apologised for what it said was an honest mistake and paid for the family’s dinner. | The restaurant chain, which has more than 400 outlets across the US, apologised for what it said was an honest mistake and paid for the family’s dinner. |
| Have a favorite @texasroadhouse server or bartender? If so give them a S/O! pic.twitter.com/cWWbZQGF3t | Have a favorite @texasroadhouse server or bartender? If so give them a S/O! pic.twitter.com/cWWbZQGF3t |
| In a statement, the restaurant said: “We are taking this incident as an opportunity to look for ways to make our systems even better in order to prevent this from ever happening again.” | In a statement, the restaurant said: “We are taking this incident as an opportunity to look for ways to make our systems even better in order to prevent this from ever happening again.” |
| Yet the chain questioned the parents' claim that they immediately rushed their daughter to hospital. | |
| "The child took a few sips of the product at approximately 8.30pm. After ordering, eating and celebrating a birthday, the family called 911 at approximately 9.30 pm and went to the hospital via ambulance around 10.00pm," said spokesman Travis Doster. "This was nearly two hours after sipping the cup." |