By Tracy Ouellette
SLN Staff
A Town of East Troy police Officer was on patrol at about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, when he saw two bodies lying near a vehicle in the Department of Natural Resources parking lot at the intersection of Highway J and Stringers Bridge Road.
When the officer went to check on the men, who appeared lifeless, according to a press release from the police department, he realized they had overdosed.
“Am I glad he was driving by there at that time,” Town of East Troy Police Chief Don Jensen said.
The officer radioed for help and a Walworth County deputy responded. Working together, the two officers provided first aid and administered nasal Naloxone to the victims.
Jensen said Monday the 20-year-old Town of Troy man and 21-year-old Town of East Troy man were transported to Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. The 21-year-old man was then transported to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.
“The other man was released from the hospital and picked up by his mother,” Jensen said.
The Town of East Troy police officer who found the overdose victims Saturday has used Narcan to save four people since the township started the nasal naloxone program, Jensen said.
“He was the officer who used it first, just days after we instituted the program,” Jensen said. “He had a save on June 23, 2017, and then another save on Aug. 3, 2017, and now these two.”
Jensen said the Town of East Troy Police Department is proud of its ability to be ready to assist citizens who may be a victim of an opioid overdose and offers this advise, “If someone you know is having an opioid overdose, don’t run – save a life and call 911. We are here to help.”
