Four hospitalized after suspected mass overdose outside downtown Austin bar

AUSTIN, Texas — Five adults were treated for suspected drug overdoses early Wednesday outside a bar in downtown Austin, with one patient found in respiratory arrest, authorities said.

Austin-Travis County EMS, Austin Fire Department and Austin police were called to the 300 block of East Sixth Street at about 2:20 a.m. after 911 dispatchers received multiple calls reporting overdose symptoms among people in and around Shakespeare’s bar, EMS Capt. Christa Stedman said.

All five patients received Narcan, with some requiring multiple doses from both first responders and bystanders at the scene, Stedman said…

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