Leaked 911 audio suggests Hayden Panettiere died from suspected overdose

Audio of a 911 call suggests that Hayden Panettiere was found dead because of a suspected overdose.

The Heroes star died on August 16 at the age of 36 after being found unresponsive by a friend at her apartment in South Carolina.

Now, TMZ has obtained dispatch audio of the call to emergency services, which appears to pick up officials discussing an “overdose”.

The short recording includes one officer saying: “Responding. Overdose. CPR is in progress.”

After receiving the emergency call, paramedics rushed to the apartment and tried to resuscitate Panettiere using “advanced cardiac life support”.

But after an hour, the Nashville star was pronounced dead at 2.32pm.

An official statement from the Greenville Police Department read: “[Officers] accompanied by EMS personnel, responded to a report of an unresponsive female” at around 1.50pm. Sunday.