Heroin overdose drug may have saved woman in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs Police say a woman is alive thanks to a drug that officers recently began carrying to combat heroin overdoses.

Police were called to a motel in the 3200 block of N. Chestnut Street at 12:52 a.m. on March 16.

When officers arrived, a man showed them to an unresponsive woman who was lying on a bed.

Officers said the woman’s eyes were rolled back in her head, her lips were blue and she was gasping for air.

The man told officers that the woman had not used any illicit drugs, but that she might have taken pain medication.

The officers moved the woman to the floor and administered a dose of Narcan. They say they noticed a slight improvement in her condition, and that after firefighters and paramedics arrived, she was given more of the drug. Police say the woman then regained consciousness. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.