🚨 The five were found in one room at the motel on Route 46

🚨 Naloxone (Narcan) was used to try to revive the group


FORT LEE — Two people are dead after five overdose victims were found inside a hotel room Tuesday afternoon.

Fort Lee police were called to the Skyview Motel on eastbound Bergen Boulevard (Route 46) around 1:40 p.m. and found the group drifting in and out of consciousness, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. The officers gave them medical attention including the use of naloxone (Narcan).

Two of the individuals were pronounced dead in the room while the other three were hospitalized. Musella did not disclose their identities pending notification of family.

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