Six Suspected Overdoses in New Bedford, One Fatal

A Fairhaven man is dead and five other people are treated for suspected heroin overdoses in New Bedford.

Detective captain Steven Vicente says the unidentified 48-year-old fairhaven man was visiting friends in a North Street apartment early Thursday afternoon when he went to use the bathroom. His friends soon found the man unconscious, and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. He was transported to St. Luke's Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The man was a known heroin user.

Three men and two women were treated for suspected overdoses in the city from Thursday morning into Friday. They ranged in age from 27 to 41 years old. Four were treated with Narcan, with one gaining consciousness on their own. All were transported to St. Luke's Hospital.