Posts Tagged ‘overdose’
Two suspected drug overdose deaths
The Monroe County Coroner’s Office pronounced two people deceased over the weekend due to suspected drug overdoses. Shortly before 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the coroner’s office was requested by the Waterloo…
Read MoreDouble drug overdose save in Columbia
Police and EMS personnel responded about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday to two occupants in a vehicle who were overdosing on suspected fentanyl on the I-255 ramp to southbound Route 3 near…
Read MoreFentanyl overdose in Waterloo
Monroe County EMS and police responded shortly before 4:15 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 200 block of Country Club Lane in Waterloo for the report of an unresponsive…
Read MoreCoroner warns of Kratom dangers
Monroe County Coroner Bob Hill issued a warning about the dangers of Kratom following the first lethal overdose related to the product in the county earlier this year. A 34-year-old…
Read MoreWoman charged in Columbia heroin overdose death
Monroe County Chief Deputy Coroner Bob Hill released Wednesday morning the cause of death of Jason M. Yaekel, 32, the Columbia man who died Aug. 4 at his residence in…
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