GLOUCESTER CITY, N.J. (AP) - State police say charges are pending against a 17-year-old girl who apparently overdosed and crashed a car on an interstate highway with a young child aboard.
No injuries were reported in the crash, which occurred around 9:40 p.m. Sunday on I-76 in Gloucester City. Authorities say the car struck a barrier and went into the median.
Authorities say the teen and a 19-year-old male passenger from Delanco Township were found unconscious in the car. The pair had to be revived with Narcan, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
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State police wouldn’t say if a 5-year-old child in the car is related to the teen and/or the male passenger. They also haven’t released their names.
The 19-year-old man is charged with possessing drugs without a prescription.
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This story has been corrected to show crash occurred in Gloucester City, not Bellmawr, as per authorities.
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