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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Feb 3, 2023, 04:15 PM Feb 2023

NEW: Teen who overdosed at Wakefield High School has died

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NEW: Teen who overdosed at Wakefield High School has died

ARLnow.com | Today at 9:45am

(Updated at 11:55 a.m.) The teen found unconscious in a Wakefield High School boys bathroom Tuesday after an apparent overdose has died.

“The Arlington County Police Department is conducting a death investigation following the teen’s passing yesterday at the hospital,” ACPD said in a statement this morning. “The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death.”

The name of the student was not given but he was identified in an online fundraising campaign and by a speaker at last night’s Arlington School Board meeting as Sergio Flores. He was reported to be 14 years old in the initial fire department dispatch on Tuesday.

A GoFundMe campaign to help pay for his funeral has raised more than $22,000 as of publication time.

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Four other teens were treated by medics at Wakefield on Tuesday, at least some of whom were believed to have drug-related symptoms. Medics were also dispatched to the school yesterday, during dismissal, for a possible student overdose, according to dispatch recordings.

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NEW: Teen who overdosed at Wakefield High School has died (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 OP
stupid is deadlier these days. pansypoo53219 Feb 2023 #1
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