EMS, police, and bystanders swung into action to help multiple overdose victims.
Just after 10 am, a caller reported that a man had overdosed on Center Street. Even though they administered three doses of Narcan, the victim hadn’t started breathing yet. Witnesses said they performed CPR. EMS and officers responded to the scene, but police logs did not indicate the outcome of the incident.
Police and EMS responded to Tracy Park at 2:30 pm for a report of a man in need of drug treatment. After medics cleared the man, the QRT team transported him to a rehab center.
Just after 3 pm, a caller reported an unresponsive woman in an empty bathtub at a PHMA Apartment building. They said they thought she had overdosed. By the time medics arrived, the woman was gone.
At 6 pm, a caller reported a woman slumped over in a van at Aaron’s Sales & Lease on Walnut Street. Police said she appeared to be under the influence, but her male companion seemed sober. The man said he would look after the woman. Officers told the pair, who appeared to be living in the van, they had a day to move their van from the lot or face having it towed.
At 9:30 PM, EMS and police responded to a report of two overdosed women in a Wayne Hills Parking lot. Witnesses said they had administered Narcan without results and were now trying CPS.
Two ambulances responded to the scene and managed to revive the pair successfully.
*Note: SCDN social media moderator Walt Warner, who generously monitors scanners in the area on his own time as a public service, reported on the last incident in real-time (as always, no names were mentioned). Multiple individuals attacked Mr. Warner in the comments somehow implying that he should head to the scene to assist the victims. Scanners monitor EMS, fire, and police traffic. If something comes across the scanners, law enforcement and EMS are already aware of it.
