SCOTT COUNTY DEPUTIES EXPOSED TO FENTANYL

Two Scott County deputies treated for fentanyl exposures. The Scott County Sheriff's Office reports that two deputies were transported to the Holston Valley Medical Center, in Kingsport, on Monday morning following a possible fentanyl exposure. According to the SCSO, the deputies had been packaging "illegal narcotics to send to a forensic lab for analysis," when they began experiencing symptoms. One deputy reportedly had severe symptoms. One deputy reportedly had severe symptoms, but both deputies were cleared and released from the hospital. Virginia State Police Hazmat Team decontaminated the Scott County Sheriff's Office as a precaution. 

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