Police, paramedics respond to two possible overdose calls in downtown Bel Air Wednesday night
Aug. 04--Bel Air Police, fire and EMS personnel were called to the scene of a dual medical emergency on Main Street Wednesday night that was dispatched as possible overdoses.
The first call for an "overdose" in the 100 block of North Main Street was dispatched at 9:16 p.m., according to monitored Harford County emergency radio dispatches. A second dispatch said "CPR assist" was needed.
About 18 minutes later, a call for a "second overdose" was dispatched to the same location.
Police cars, Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company ambulances and a rescue truck responded and parked in the south lane of the two-lane, one-way street.
Paramedics could be seen administering aid to one person on the sidewalk before loading them into an ambulance.
The block where the call was dispatched is commercial, but the businesses there are closed at that time of the night. The block, however, is also one of the town's Pokemon Go hotspots, and a number of people were out walking with their cellphones in hand.
Some gathered at the corner of Main and Lee streets and watched the emergency situation less than half a block away. After the scene was cleared about 9:50 p.m., people continued to stroll along the block between Lee and Gordon streets with phones in their hands.
Even though a specific address was given in the dispatches, it was not clear if the patients were in a building or outside when they were stricken.
A Bel Air Police officer at the scene said there had been a "medical call," but did not elaborate. A police department spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment.
Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Chief Rick Davis said via telephone that they had responded to "medical calls" and two people were taken to hospital. He said federal HIPPA regulations precluded him from saying anything more.
This story will be updated.
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