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A bizarre incident at New Haven Green in Connecticut has led to at least 15 people being hospitalized on Wednesday, Aug. 15. According to the fire chief, 15 people were transported to the hospital on Wednesday morning and firefighters have activated multi-casualty protocol.
Patients have been transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital.
While details are not exactly known, it is believed that the incident is related to an unknown drug substance.
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Very chaotic scene on the #NewHaven green. About 10 people overdosed. Paramedics are running to help.
One unconfirmed report says that the synthetic marijuana K2 is responsible for the incident. One news outlet reported multiple people passing out while they were on the scene, while Stephanie Simoni of WTNH wrote: “A witness tells me it’s been going on since 8:30AM. A paramedic told me K2 is causing the overdoses. We saw a man screaming & kicking as officers & paramedics tried to save him.”
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From Eye Witness News WSFB-3:
According to the fire chief, 15 people were transported to the hospital. The chief said it was related to an unknown drug substance. Firefighters activated their multi-casualty protocols. The patients were taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital. Police have released few details.
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