Police save 28-year-old overdose victim
LLOYD – Town of Lloyd Police saved a 28-year-old man who overdosed on heroin. The man, who was not identified, was found lying unconscious and unresponsive in a driveway outside a home on Haviland Road in Highland at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Police save 28-year-old overdose victim LLOYD – Town of Lloyd Police saved a 28-year-old man who overdosed on heroin. The man, who was not identified, was found lying unconscious and unresponsive in a driveway outside a home on Haviland Road in Highland at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Check out this story on poughkeepsiejournal.com: https://pojonews.co/1UuxbFo
Amanda J. Purcell, Poughkeepsie Journal Published 10:46 a.m. ET Sept. 3, 2015 | Updated 10:59 a.m. ET Sept. 3, 2015
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LLOYD – Police in the Town of Lloyd have saved a 28-year-old man who overdosed on heroin.
The Kingston man, who was not identified, was found lying unconscious and unresponsive in a driveway outside a home on Haviland Road in Highland at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Police and Mobil Life ambulance medics administered the lifesaving reversal drug Naloxene and successfully revived him.
The man was transported by Mobil Life Ambulance to Kingston Hospital.
Amanda Purcell: apurcell@poughkeepsiejournal.com; 845-437-4807; Facebook.com/pojopurcell; Twitter: @amandajpurcell
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