Police said they used Narcan to revive the driver and adult passenger, who were both unconscious.
GLOUCESTER CITY -- The driver who allegedly overdosed and crashed a car on Interstate 76 with a child aboard is a 17-year-old girl, State Police said Monday.
Trooper Alejandro Goez said charges are pending against the teenager, and her adult passenger was arrested on drug charges.
Goez said both the driver and passenger, a 19-year-old man from Delanco Township, were found unconscious in the car and had to be revived with Narcan. Narcan, also known as Naloxone, is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
No one was injured in the crash, including the 5-year-old child in the car. Goez said the driver and passenger were taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden after they were revived.
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The vehicle was traveling south near milepost 0.6 in Gloucester City at 9:39 p.m. when it crashed into a barrier and ended up in the median, Goez said. It was previously reported that the crash was in Bellmawr.
The 19-year-old was charged with possession of drugs without a prescription.
Goez said he had no information to release about whether the child was related to either the driver or the adult passenger.
The crash remains under investigation by State Police.
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