National

5 Related Overdoses In Barrie, Ont., Prompt Police Warning To Recreational Users

Darpan News Desk, 04 Oct, 2016 12:48 PM

BARRIE, Ont. — Police in Barrie, Ont., are warning recreational drug users after five related overdoses early Sunday morning.

Investigators say they got the first call just after midnight and found a 25-year-old Orillia, Ont., man in apparent medical distress with laboured breathing.

A 26-year-old from Toronto then collapsed on a road in the same area, and a third man, a 26-year-old from Barrie, collapsed a few moments later.

A half hour later a 22-year-old woman from Barrie collapsed and went unresponsive and while officers were investigating that incident, they learned a 29-year-old man from Barrie had been taken to hospital by paramedics.

Investigators say the five people had attended a party together on Saturday night and they believe they has used cocaine laced with unknown opiate — possibly fentanyl — and consumed alcohol.

Police say all five had stopped breathing while being taken to hospital, but are now in stable condition.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Federal Intransigence Threatens Health Accord, B.C. Health Minister Warns

Terry Lake says he is troubled by recent signals from Health Minister Jane Philpott that the federal Liberals plan to limit annual increases to three per cent — half the six per cent increase set out in Canada's last health accord.

Federal Intransigence Threatens Health Accord, B.C. Health Minister Warns

Abbotsford Police Called In To Investigate Kelowna RCMP

Abbotsford police Const. Ian MacDonald says the department was asked in early September to conduct the investigation.

Abbotsford Police Called In To Investigate Kelowna RCMP

B.C. Judge Instructs Jury In Trial Of Accused Vancouver Island Mill Shooter

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Robin Baird says jurors must follow their own interpretation of the evidence presented over the past three weeks to decide if Kevin Addison is guilty.

B.C. Judge Instructs Jury In Trial Of Accused Vancouver Island Mill Shooter

India To Set Up Nuclear Plants In Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana

The central government is looking at possible sites in the northern states of Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana for setting up new atomic power plants, a minister said on Tuesday.

India To Set Up Nuclear Plants In Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana

Class Action Lawsuit Proposed On Air Canada And Westjet Baggage Fees

The proposed class action alleges that the two airlines colluded to impose the fees and have unjustly enriched themselves in the process.

Class Action Lawsuit Proposed On Air Canada And Westjet Baggage Fees

Woman Who Lost Kids, Dad To Drunk-driving Crash Marks Anniversary Of Deaths

TORONTO — A year after a horrific drunk-driving crash killed her children and father, a grieving Toronto-area mother says she hopes the tragedy that decimated her family will make people think twice before they get behind the wheel.