THUNDER BAY — A Thunder Bay Police officer jumped into action to perform life-saving measures on a motorist suspected of suffering from a drug overdose.
The incident happened shortly after 5 am Wednesday on Waterloo Street at Brunswick Avenue.
According to the Thunder Bay Police Service, a pair of officers was dispatched to the location to investigate a reported motor vehicle collision.
They arrived to find that a vehicle had collided with a parked vehicle, and that the driver was unresponsive and slumped over the steering wheel.
One of the officers quickly removed the man and successfully performed life-saving measures.
He was then taken to hospital by paramedics.
Police later found paraphernalia inside the vehicle that's consistent with drug use.
A 30-year-old city resident was subsequently released from custody with a future court date for a charge of impaired operation of a vehicle.
