The Great Smoky Mountain Journal

Staff, Wire Reports

Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 06:35 PM

Middle Tennessee Mother, Daughter Overdose At Same Time At Same Store

ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) -- A mother and daughter both overdosed at the same time in a Ashland City Dollar General over the weekend, CBS affiliate WJHL reports.

Investigators said the women overdosed on cocaine that was laced with fentanyl.

The woman and her daughter were resuscitated at the scene with Narcan, but investigators said the mother had no pulse when responders arrived.

The mother was taken to a Nashville hospital, and her daughter was taken to a hospital in Ashland City, where she was treated and released.

Police said charges are pending, and investigators are looking into who may have sold the drugs as well.