13-Year-Old Student Dies Of Fentanyl Overdose, Two More Exposed At Connecticut School

A 13-year-old student who was hospitalized with a fentanyl overdose this week died Saturday from his injuries.

The teenager reportedly suffered the overdose Thursday at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford, Connecticut. NBC Connecticut reported that he died around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Police investigators searched the school and found 40 small bags of a substance in two classrooms, as well as the school gymnasium. The substance was later identified as fentanyl in powder form, a police spokesman told NBC Connecticut. Police said they believe the fentanyl was brought in by a student.

Newsweek reported that the student fell unconscious and collapsed in the gymnasium Thursday morning. The school nurse administered CPR to the student before Hartford Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene and took over. The school was locked down while DEA agents and State and local police searched the premises, then the students were dismissed, but not before they were required to decontaminate their shoes in case of exposure. Hartford Public Schools Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez told NBC Connecticut that the school is currently being cleaned, she added, and “dust wipe sampling” is being conducted.

The two students who reportedly came in contact with the substance were briefly hospitalized, but have since been released and are at home, the NBC reported. None of the three teens have been named. – READ MORE