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A New Bedford man is found dead of an apparent overdose inside of a sober house. New Bedford Police tell WBSM News the 57-year-old man was found unconscious by a roommate around 7:30 Tuesday night at the Freedom House at 398 Union Street...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has released a report, detailing the number of opioid-related deaths the state has seen in the past several years. On the Southcoast, 48 people died in New Bedford in 2015 as a direct result of an opioid overdose...

A New Bedford man is found dead in his North End home. New Bedford Police Spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News the man's employer had contacted police Wednesday afternoon after he had not shown up to work over the past few days. Police went to the man's home at 511 North Front Street to find the 50-year-old man dead in his bedroom of a suspected heroin overdose...

One man has been arrested after police say he and a passenger overdosed behind the wheel of a pickup truck that crashed into a tree in New Bedford. Police Spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News the accident took place Saturday night near the intersection of Purchase and Sawyer Streets in the North End...

A Fall River woman is found dead in a drug rehabilitation center in New Bedford. Police Spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News staff members found the 36-year-old woman unresponsive in a bathroom at the facility on Gifford Street Thursday...

New Bedford Police will now begin charging people who overdose on heroin and other drugs behind the wheel of their vehicle. The announcement was made Wednesday and comes after a New Bedford man was found overdosing in his truck in the West End last week, with many people on social media and talk radio asking why he wasn't charged...

A New Bedford man is revived after he was found slumped over the wheel of his truck. New Bedford Police Spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News the 48-year-old man was found unresponsive behind the wheel of his Chevy Avalanche at Sycamore and Park Streets in the West End just after 5pm Thursday...

Two city men are dead of apparent drug overdoses. New Bedford Police Lt. Al Souza tells WBSM News police and paramedics were called to a residence on School Street downtown at 2:30am Wednesday morning. Upon arrival, the victim was still breathing...

Massachusetts State Police say they've identified a body found in New Bedford over the weekend. The young woman's body was found outside of the Presidential Heights housing development in the North End early Saturday morning. Until yesterday, authorities were unable to determine the woman's identity, and turned to the public for help, providing a description of the woman's build and tattoos... Rea

State and local police are investigating the death of a woman who's body was found over the weekend. Police say the unidentified woman's body was found near the Presidential Heights housing development at Mount Pleasant and Fillmore Streets in New Bedford early Saturday morning...