Eugene Police on Saturday reported three fentanyl overdoses together with one deadly within the Washington Jefferson Park space and are urging warning as a consequence of a “doubtlessly lethal batch” of the drug.
Officers responded to studies of a deceased male on the sidewalk at West Fourth Avenue and Washington Avenue and located proof indicating a current overdose, in keeping with a press launch. Police didn’t determine the deceased.
Police additionally reported seeing two different overdoses within the space, with one individual overdosing in entrance of officers. Medics and police had been in a position to revive the person, police stated.
“Given the severity and frequency of those incidents, there’s purpose to imagine there’s a dangerous batch of fentanyl in circulation,” police stated within the press launch. “We strongly advise the general public to be vigilant and to keep away from any unknown substances.”
Police are investigating the incidents and dealing to find the supply of the batch of fentanyl.
This text initially appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Eugene Police urge caution for ‘potentially deadly’ batch of fentanyl
