Man Who Overdosed After Hit-And-Run Revived By Deputies: Police

Portland OR

11 June, 2022

4:56 PM

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WASHINGTON COUNTY, OR — A man who authorities say overdosed as he left the scene of a hit-and-run accident was revived by deputies after a K-9 team tracked him down, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said Friday. On Friday, deputies responded to a hit-and-run near Southwest 185th Avenue and Southwest Tualatin Valley Highway. When they arrived, authorities learned a red sedan had rear-ended another vehicle and fled after both cars pulled into a nearby parking lot. According to authorities, witnesses saw the driver of the red sedan swallow several pills before driving away. Deputies later found the red sedan crashed in a ditch near Southwest 187th Avenue and Southwest Augusta Lane, authorities said, but no one was inside the car. With the help of a Hillsboro Police K-9 unit, deputies located the driver in the backyard of a home on Southwest Brooklawn Place. When authorities arrived, the man was unconscious and unresponsive. Believing the man may have ingested fentanyl or another opiate, deputies administered Narcan, a drug used for the emergency treatment of a narcotic overdose. After a short time, the man regained consciousness, authorities said. The man was taken to the hospital for additional treatment, police said. He was cited for failure to perform duties of a driver when property is damaged, criminal mischief in the second degree and trespass in the second degree. Authorities did not release the man's name.