Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A pair of quick-thinking police officers saved a 22-year-old man who overdosed Monday evening.
Penndel Officer Sean Perry and Middletown Officer Melissa Robinson were called to the Langhorne SEPTA Station for a check the well-being call dispatched by the Bucks County Emergency Communications Center after a caller reported a man passed out in a gray Subaru.
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Perry and Robinson found the man and noticed he was displaying signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose, Penndel police Chief Joseph Sciscio said.
Perry was able to administered a dose of Narcan to man and aided him with his breathing. A short time later, the man began to breath, regained consciousness and was speaking with officers, the chief said.
The man was transported to St. Mary Medical Center by the Penndel-Middletown Rescue Squad.
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Paraphernalia commonly associated with heroin use was found with the man, police said.
