With more than 60 overdoses and 9 killed, Texas capital seeing ‘unusually deadly’ string of opioid incidents
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Emergency personnel in Austin responded to a surge of "unusually deadly" drug overdoses on Monday and Tuesday, with more than 50 instances and eight fatalities.
Dispatchers received a series of calls in the downtown area, resulting in a rapid response team that included the Austin-Travis County EMS team and others, being deployed to downtown Austin. Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
When the team arrived, they distributed over 200 Narcan rescue kits throughout the area to counteract the effects of opioid overdoses, while also providing lifesaving intervention to anyone overdosing on opioids. Story tips and can be sent to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.
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