A 15-year-old girl has died after two students were found suffering apparent overdoses at a California high school Tuesday evening, police say, sparking concern over potential fentanyl-laced pills.
A 15-year-old girl has died after two students were found suffering apparent overdoses at a Hollywood, California, high school Tuesday evening, police said.
Police responded to Bernstein High School in the 1300 block of North Wilton Place in Hollywood for an overdose investigation around 9 p.m., after the school was closed.A parent whose stepdaughter was missing found her at the high school and said she appeared to be “a victim of an overdose,” police said in aThe teen told the parent that a friend was in the women’s restroom in the school.
The two teens apparently attempted to purchase Percocet at Lexington Park, about half a mile south of Bernstein High School, earlier in the day, but after ingesting the pills they immediately felt ill and suffered an overdose, Radtke said.
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