West Point officials said they were investigating the incident Thursday, and did not identify the students, some of whom were reportedly on the academy’s football team.
The six New York cadets — all men in their early 20s — had been partying at a house north of Fort Lauderdale on their spring break, neighbors said.
“We’ve been hearing over the last couple of days, loud music, gatherings,” Dana Fumosa, who lives next door to the Airbnb, told the outlet. “It was guys and girls over there. They seemed to be having a good time barbecuing, and they were in the pool.” Wilton Manors Police confirmed that arrests were made in connection to the West Point cadets overdosing on fentanyl-laced cocaine.Four of the students reportedly immediately overdosed after ingesting the tainted coke, and friends who administered CPR were also exposed to fentanyl, a opioid which is far more potent than heroin and deadly in trace amounts.
“I saw four people getting pulled out on stretchers, their arms were just flopping. They were totally unconscious,” neighbor Cub Larkin told the station. Four of the students overdosed after ingesting fentanyl-laced cocaine, as friends who carried out CPR were also exposed to fentanyl.
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