About 10:50 pm on Monday, February 25, police were dispatched to a motor vehicle incident that had occurred in Huntingtown, near the intersection of Huntingtown Road and Meadowbrook Road.

In that incident, an unspecified vehicle had driven up onto the lawn of a residence, after which the motorist fled the scene, driving away before police arrived.

Responding police checked area roads for the evading vehicle and then located it parked in gear in the middle of Castle Meadow Road, police said.

The motorist, who is a man in his early 20s, was found in the driver’s seat, slumped over and unresponsive.

Police suspected a possible drug overdose and then entered the vehicle, giving a dose of the narcotics antidote known as Narcan to the man, reviving him and saving his life, police said.

The man, whom police did not identify, was transported to the hospital for further evaluation. The incident is under investigation, and criminal charges are pending.

When considering that they often are the first emergency services personnel to arrive at an urgent situation, town police carry the antidote for narcotic overdoses. Ambulance crews also carry the medication.

In February 2016, the Police Commission approved a policy covering the police’s use of naloxone, a prescription drug that is sold under the brand name Narcan among other brands, to revive people who are experiencing narcotic overdoses. The substance is sprayed as an aerosol into the nostrils of overdose victims to treat them and reduce the injury rate and fatality rate stemming from opiate/opioid overdoses.