Good Samaritans Help Save Overdosing Woman In Westlake

WESTLAKE, OH — Good Samaritans may have helped save an overdosing woman's life on Wednesday, police said.

Police and fire department crews were called to a car accident on I-90 west, between Columbia and Crocker roads, at 6 p.m.. A caller said bystanders were performing CPR on the driver, who appeared to have stopped breathing.

Officers learned that while the involved vehicle didn't hit anything, the driver appeared to have passed out while on I-90 and drifted off the roadway, onto the berm. There was evidence of drug use and the driver was treated for an opioid overdose, police said.

Westlake paramedics gave the passed out driver Narcan, the anti-overdose drug, to revive her. Suspected narcotics and drug paraphernalia were then collected from the woman's vehicle, police said.

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The driver, a 40-year-old woman from Elyria, was taken to the Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital for treatment. The Good Samaritans that helped the woman were told to also go to the hospital and get checked for exposure to dangerous drugs.

Luckily, none of the first responders or Good Samaritans had any ill effects from their efforts to save the woman's life.

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