MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Chickasaw Police confirmed to WKRG they have been referred to as to Chickasaw Excessive Faculty Tuesday morning for a pupil for a suspected fentanyl overdose.
Chickasaw police say the scholar, a 16-year-old tenth grader, took a tablet within the rest room or hallway and had the overdose in a classroom.
Chickasaw Police Chief Keith Miller says they obtained a name round 10:30 Tuesday morning at first for an allergic response. When fireplace and paramedics arrived, they have been instructed it was a suspected fentanyl overdose. The chief says they have been instructed that after one other pupil got here ahead and stated the 16-year-old ingested fentanyl.
Chickasaw police say the teenager was unconscious and rushed to the hospital. He’s recovering now.
Police stayed on the college for a number of hours, as the varsity was positioned on mushy lockdown as a precaution.
“We wish to ensure that the varsity is protected, we wish to ensure that there aren’t any different narcotics or fentanyl mendacity round the place somebody would possibly unintentionally come into contact with it and endure one other publicity,” stated Miller.
Two drug canine with the Division of Corrections got here to assist in the search. “They discovered no different fentanyl, that’s principally why we referred to as these canine in from the division of corrections as a result of they’re imprinted on fentanyl,” stated Miller.
Faculty resumed regular operations round 1:30 p.m.
Chickasaw police say they won’t be pursuing legal fees, however will keep in touch with the teenager’s mother and father to see if they will determine the place and the way he obtained the drug, and the way it obtained into the varsity.
This can be a growing story. WKRG Information 5 is working to collect extra info. We are going to replace this story as extra info turns into obtainable.
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