Bedford, NH : Police use Narcan on overdosed driver after car crash on Tuesday September 23rd 2014

A Bedford police sergeant revived a man who had crashed his car after overdosing on heroin, marking the first time Narcan was used since Bedford police outfitted all of its cruisers with the potentially lifesaving drug. "The Bedford Police Department completed advanced emergency medical training over the summer, knowing that heroin and drug overdoses are problems in every community," Police Chief Robert Bongiorno said. "In this case, an alleged drug addict crashed in Bedford completely by accident, but because our officers are trained and equipped to respond to heroin and drug overdose cases, we are not today dealing with a death in our community. I am proud of the hard work and quick thinking shown by our officers." Sgt. Paul Sanders on Tuesday afternoon was patrolling on Crosby Drive near the Middlesex Turnpike when he found a gray Volkswagen GTI with New Hampshire plates that was stopped in the opposing lane, facing traffic. A man was unconscious and unresponsibe in the driver's seat of the running car. Saunders pulled the driver out of the car, secured the emergency brake, began first aid, and called for backup and Fire and EMS to respond. Officer Kristen Dineen arrived quickly and observed, in plain view, a bag of syringes and a bag of fine powder believed to be heroin. Sergeant Saunders prepared a dose of Nasal Narcan and administered it to the driver. The Bedford Fire Department Ambulance and Armstrong Ambulance paramedics arrived a few minutes later and gave the patient a second dose of Narcan. Source : Bedford Police use Narcan on overdosed driver after car crash