Manchester Cops, Citizen, Team Up To Save Life of Heroin Overdose Victim

MANCHESTER, CT - Two local officers are being credited with helping a quick-thinking citizen save the life of a person suffering from a heroin overdose deep into a conservation area off Spencer Street, a police spokesman said.

Manchester Police Department spokesman Capt. Christopher Davis said that on July 20 at 7:40 p.m., Officer Jerrad Johnson and Officer Aaron Bubans were dispatched to the area of 239 Spencer Street for a person who had overdosed on heroin.

Dispatchers advised them that a female was on scene attempting to give CPR to the individual, who was located on a trail in the woods behind the old K-Mart, Davis said.

When Johnson and Bubans arrived at the scene, they had to run run about a mile into the woods in "full duty gear" until they were able to locate the female attempting to help the person on a bird-watching platform, along the riverbank, Davis said. Bubans and Johnson then took over CPR efforts, Davis said.

Shortly thereafter, the male responded and began breathing on his own, Davis said.

Personnel from the Town of Manchester Fire Department then arrived on scene and provided additional medical aid to the 25-year-old, who "was able to make a full recovery," Davis said.