Crime & Safety

Cape Cod Police Rescue Distraught Man In Motel

Police said Good Samaritans and officers came to the rescue of a man suffering a drug overdose and harming himself at a Yarmouth motel.

YARMOUTH, MA — Good Samaritans and police officers rescued a man overdosing on drugs and harming himself at a motel room Thursday, authorities said. The incident happened at a West Yarmouth motel room. The man was in critical condition Friday at a Boston-area hospital, according to police.

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