VIDEO: Berkeley County deputy collapses after accidental fentanyl exposure during search

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A Berkeley County sheriff’s lieutenant is recovering after being exposed to fentanyl during a search earlier this month, an encounter that was captured on body camera and is now being used as a training tool across the department.

According to Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis, deputies responded to Mitchum Town Road on July 26 for a report of a woman passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle. After safely removing the woman from the car, a female deputy began conducting a search…

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