Berkeley County deputy rescued after collapse from fentanyl exposure

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Bonneau, SC - The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage showing one of its deputies being rescued with emergency doses of Narcan after collapsing from fentanyl exposure.

An incident report states the situation unfolded on Saturday afternoon in the area of Bethera Road and Mitchumtown Road in Bonneau, where deputies responded to a report of a woman in a black SUV who was passed out behind the wheel.

Deputies were able to get into the locked SUV and awaken the woman, who said she pulled over after almost hitting a deer on the road. But she had no answer when deputies asked why she fell asleep, the report states.

A female deputy then searched the woman’s person, and the report states the deputy found a clear plastic bag that contained an unknown substance in one side of the driver’s bra and a folded-up dollar bill that also contained an unknown substance in the other side.

In the video, you can hear the deputy ask for Narcan multiple times shortly after touching the bill before she falls to the ground.

Narcan is the brand name of over-the-counter naloxone, which can counteract the effects of an opioid overdose.

The second deputy rushed to the first deputy’s vehicle and grabbed Narcan and administered two doses. After the deputy received the doses, she was alert and responsive.

The report states that inside the folded-up dollar bill was approximately 0.01 grams of a brown powder-like substance that field-tested presumptive for fentanyl.

When deputies conducted another strip search of the driver, she handed deputies a clear bag that contained about 2 grams of a brown powder-like substance that also field-tested presumptive for fentanyl.

The deputy was taken to the hospital but has since been released.