Strongsville Woman Found Dead At Gas Station, Possible Overdose

Cleveland OH

25 June, 2020

8:53 AM

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BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OH — A 38-year-old Strongsville woman was found dead in her car, according to police. On June 19, Broadview Heights police were called to a GetGo gas station on Royalton Road. Officers saw a woman slumped over in her car, which was parked at a gas pump. Officers then determined the woman appeared to have overdosed and died, a Broadview Heights police spokesperson told Patch. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's office has the woman's body and is investigating exactly how the woman died. The investigators will also determine if the woman overdosed and, if she did, on what substance. Cuyahoga County residents can get free fentanyl test strips at the following locations: Circle Health Services (12201 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 | 216.721.4010)Care Alliance Clinic (2916 Central Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115 | 216.535.9100)Care Alliance Clinic (1530 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland OH 44114 | 216.781.6724)If you or anyone you know is using or recovering from opioid addiction, contact Project DAWN for information at 216-778-5677. Program participants are given free Naloxone kits — the opioid reversing antidote. Additionally, the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County offers a 24-hour crisis hotline at 216-623-6888.