MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) – A Menasha officer is doing fine after becoming ill while investigating a weekend drug overdose death.
Police responded to a report of a person not breathing in the 900 block of Third Street around 12:30 am Sunday.
A 36-year-old Appleton man was found dead.
While the officer was driving to Oshkosh, where the victim was earlier that night, he began experiencing symptoms consistent with exposure to the drug fentanyl.
The officer went to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and received two doses of Narcan, the substance that is known to counteract the effects of an opiate overdose.
He was taken to the hospital and released a few hours later.
The death investigation is ongoing.
