UPDATE @ 8:10 p.m. (Sept. 19)
All five people who overdosed within an hour and a half on Sunday night in Sidney will live, according to Sidney Police Chief Will Balling.
Balling said officers were dispatched on two separate overdose calls Sunday night, with police finding two overdose patients during their first call.
Dash and body camera footage shows officers dropping off the victims only to return an hour later on a report of three overdose patients in a car in the hospital’s parking lot.
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“Sometimes that can wear on an officer, but we still have to remember that we’re there to serve and protect,” Balling said.
“So our first mission is to help save that individual and do whatever we can to assist, in this case, hospital staff”
Balling said the five victims are recovering, with one originally reported in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital now listed as stable. He said the videos show the team effort that goes into saving lives on calls like this.
“These are real life situations that you can see them, the first responders, taking actions and saving lives,” Balling said.
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Sidney police will continue an investigation into the overdoses. Balling said the drugs all five victims overdosed on were bought from the same source in Dayton.
“Anytime you have this many [overdoses] we want to try and find out where it came from so we can prevent others,” Balling said.
UPDATE @ 7:50 a.m. (Sept. 18)
Five people were driven to Wilson Memorial Hospital Sunday after overdosing, according to Sidney Police Chief Will Balling.
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Balling said a truck arrived at the hospital carrying three people who overdosed, while two other people arrived at different times. The times when each incident was reported was not available and it was not known if the overdoses are believed to be connected.
The conditions of the five overdose patients was not known, but Balling said one person ‘might not make it.”
We’re working to learn more and we’ll update this page as details become available.
UPDATE @2:20 a.m. (Sept. 18)
Additional information on reported overdoses in the parking lot of Wilson Memorial Hospital Sunday night is expected to be released this morning.
This story will be updated as we learn additional information.
FIRST REPORT (Sept. 17)
Sidney police are responding to multiple overdoses in the parking lot of Wilson Memorial Hospital Sunday night.
Crews were dispatched to the hospital's parking lot at on a report of possible overdoses around 10:25 p.m.
Initial reports indicate as many as three overdose victims have been found and officers are administering Narcan at the scene.
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At least two of the three patients are reportedly not breathing after several unsuccessful resuscitation attempts.
Sidney dispatchers are unable to confirm whether the victims overdosed in the hospital parking lot or if they were driven to hospital unconscious.
According to scanner traffic, an unknown number of overdoses were reported in the same area earlier Sunday.
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Dispatchers could not confirm any details from the reports, telling our news team more information will be available later tonight.
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