Heroin Overdose At Public Park Shows Local Epidemic

Today around 5:30pm Freeland Borough Police, Freeland EMS, and Medic 26 responded to the Freeland Public Park for a report of an unresponsive overdose victim in a vehicle.

The incident raises the question of who the actual victim is when a park full of children witness a man being treated for a heroin overdose.

The man was removed from the vehicle and his paraphernalia placed on the roof of the vehicle while a small group of parents and children watched.