Watch: Officers in Bourne and Arlington rushed to help overdose victims over the weekend

Almost immediately after the video begins, three officers are visible running across the parking lot toward something that’s out of view.

The camera pans over to a car, its doors open, where the officers are trying to save a person suffering from a heroin overdose inside it. The car pulled into the parking lot of the Bourne Police Department just before midnight on Saturday, police said on Facebook.

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The responding officers administered a dose of the overdose-reversal drug naloxone and were able stabilize the person before an ambulance transported him or her to a local hospital.

Bourne police said the Saturday night incident marked the town’s 67th overdose of the year, four of which have been fatal.

“Thankfully, this unresponsive patient was able to receive an overdose reversal drug within a timely manner,” police said. “Unfortunately, treatment is not always able to be provided so rapidly and the outcome is not always positive.

Video and images showing overdoses have spread on social media in recent years with the escalation of the national opioid crisis. Last week, a Florida sheriff shared a graphic video showing a man and woman passed out in the front seats of a car — a 8-month-old baby in the back seat — to highlight that the “scourge is destroying families.”

Police in Arlington also shared a video of officers responding to help an overdose victim over the weekend after officers and firefighters responded to the scene of a car crash at the intersection of Mystic Valley Parkway and River Street at about 1 p.m. on Friday. At the scene, officers found the driver was not breathing and appeared to be suffering from an overdose.

Police said two doses of Narcan had to be administered to revive the 32-year-old Arlington man, who was later transported to a local hospital.

“This crash nearly ended in tragedy, and it once again highlights the sense of urgency with which our country must approach the opioid epidemic,” Arlington Chief Frederick Ryan said in a statement. “In this instance, a driver overdosed, lost consciousness, and crashed. The results of this incident could have been far worse if the driver did not slip the vehicle into reverse or if someone was crossing the road at the time.”

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