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Possible overdose near River St in Santa CruzSanta Cruz CA

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audio iconDrug Violation
River St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews in Santa Cruz responded to a possible drug overdose near the levee behind a store on River Street. The individual, described as a young adult male, was breathing but appeared to have possibly ingested fentanyl. The person was later reported to be inside a tan or beige pickup truck in the nearby parking lot as police and medics arrived.

Audio|Heard on: Santa Cruz County Fire
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01:21
Transcript:
00:00
Multiple pages, engine 3110, medic 12.
00:02
Responding for an overdose behind the PetSmart on the levee, near River Street, cross of Josephine.
00:10
Reported of an overdose with a patient breathing at 1853.
00:13
Great, engine 2511, medic 8, priority A alpha medical, near Pine Cone Drive.
00:18
Near Pine Cone Drive by 1853.
00:20
Break, medic 11, break, medic 100 level one.
00:32
1854.
00:40
Engine 3110, medic 12, after going through EMD for party D Delta Medical.
00:45
20-year-old male, not conscious, patient is breathing.
00:49
Possibly ingested fentanyl.
00:51
Santa Cruz PD is en route.
00:52
The RP advised that they're nearest to the workout equipment on the levee.
00:59
They're doing checkups.
01:07
1855.
01:11
Engine 3110 and medic 12, the RP is now saying the patient is actually in a vehicle at the far side of the parking lot closest to the levee.
01:18
In a tan or beige color pickup truck.
01:20
RP should be flagging them down.

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River St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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