Crime & Safety
3 Overdose Victims Revived In Kenilworth Thursday
The 3 people were found at the same address in Kenilworth, according to authorities.
KENILWORTH, NJ — Three overdose victims were revived by first responders on Thursday, Union County Prosecutor's Office reported.
The three people were found at the same address and were revived using naloxone and taken to area hospitals for treatment, the UCPO tweeted Thursday.
Regarding reports this afternoon of multiple overdoses taking place in Kenilworth: three people found at the same address have been revived by first responders using naloxone and taken to area hospitals for treatment.
— UCPONJ (@UCPONJ) September 6, 2018
Last week, authorities announced that police in Union County have administered more of the lifesaving overdose-reversal drug in the first 8 months of 2018 than they did in all of 2017. (See Related: Naloxone Use Surges To Highest Ever In Union County, Police Say)
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