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Responders administer Narcan to man overdosing in Burger King drive-through

Posted at 2:20 PM, Jul 06, 2018
and last updated 2018-07-06 14:20:41-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- First responders had to administer Narcan to a man found drifting in and out of consciousness at a west side Burger King Thursday night.

IMPD officers were called to the Burger King located at 3401 W. 16th Street shortly after 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

They arrived to find 29-year-old Frank Novak in an altered state of consciousness in the drive-through.

According to police, Novak told them he had just purchased and consumed Norco (hydrocodone and acetaminophen).

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Responders administered Narcan to counter the effects of the opioids and transported Novak to a hospital for a blood draw.

As of Friday afternoon, Novak was being held at the Marion County Jail on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. An initial hearing date had not yet been set.

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