Police: UPS driver revived with Narcan - Hudson Valley 360
A Hudson police officer jumped into the back of a UPS truck Friday morning to stop it after the truck’s driver suffered a suspected drug overdose while driving in the city, Hudson Police Chief L. Edward Moore said.
Hudson police responded at about 9:44 a.m. Friday to a report that a UPS truck had struck a vehicle and the victim thought the driver was intoxicated, or that something was wrong with him. Two police vehicles and the bicycle patrol rushed to the area and located the truck at the corner of North 2nd and Columbia streets, Moore said.
The UPS driver, 36-year-old Johnathan L. Miller of Tannersville, remained in Columbia Memorial Health’s intensive care unit Friday after Hudson Police Officer Randy Strattman jumped into the moving truck at north Second and Columbia streets, turned off the ignition to stop the vehicle and then administered two doses of Narcan to Miller, Moore added.
A Hudson police officer jumped into the back of a UPS truck Friday morning to stop it after the truck’s driver suffered a suspected drug overdose while driving in the city, Hudson Police Chief L. Edward Moore said.
Hudson police responded at about 9:44 a.m. Friday to a report that a UPS truck had struck a vehicle and the victim thought the driver was intoxicated, or that something was wrong with him. Two police vehicles and the bicycle patrol rushed to the area and located the truck at the corner of North 2nd and Columbia streets, Moore said.
The UPS driver, 36-year-old Johnathan L. Miller of Tannersville, remained in Columbia Memorial Health’s intensive care unit Friday after Hudson Police Officer Randy Strattman jumped into the moving truck at north Second and Columbia streets, turned off the ignition to stop the vehicle and then administered two doses of Narcan to Miller, Moore added.
