Incident blotter: Student found unconscious outside Cogswell

Information provided by Public Safety Investigator Terrance Burns

By The Polytechnic Editorial Board

October 7, 2015

View this article as it originally appeared on poly.rpi.edu in October 2015

Saturday, October 3 Sunset Terrace Illness: Public Safety was called because an individual was having a seizure. Troy Fire Department transported the patient to Samaritan Hospital for further examination.

Tuesday, October 6 Cogswell Parking Lot Drug Overdose: An individual was found unconscious in the parking lot of Cogswell Laboratories, and it was determined by responding personnel that they were suffering from a drug overdose. RPI Ambulance transported the individual to Samaritan for examination.

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