Unconscious driver found with needle in his arm on I-5
Jan 13, 2017, 4:30 PM | Updated: 4:37 pm
Police arrested a man for DUI after after state troopers discovered him unconscious in a stalled car on I-5 near NE 50th before the Friday afternoon commute.
“The vehicle was traveling on I-5 and came to stop,” said Trooper Rick Johnson. “Troopers got there and the male driver — the only person in the vehicle — was unconscious and had a needle in his arm.”
Johnson says medics administered Narcan on the 32-year-old to keep him from overdosing on heroin. He says the driver had a faint pulse as they monitored him on the way to the hospital at the University of Washington.
No other injuries or related crashes were reported.
Update 2:53 PM : On I-5 southbound at NE 50th St there is a disabled vehicle blocking the left lane and partially blocking the on-ramp fr
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Just this week, Seattle Police issued a safety warning to heroin users about dangerous purity levels after a cluster of heroin overdoses in a small area.
Police spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb says three people died and a fourth person was taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment.
Related: Arresting people is not helping solve the heroin crisis
“The cycle of arrest-and-release does not seem to be working,”Sgt. Whitcomb told KIRO Radio’s Ron and Don. “There are alternatives with law enforcement assisted diversion and drug court … The approach we have taken is one that is multifaceted.
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