OAK HILL, W.Va. — A North Carolina man is facing attempted murder charges after two police officers overdosed during a traffic stop in Fayette County.
Keith Deshon Adams was arrested Tuesday night in Oak Hill. Adams was pulled over by Oak Hill police just before 6 p.m. near C. Adam Toney Tires and then fled on foot toward U.S. Route 19.
Adams is accused of throwing a bag believed to be opiate narcotics into the officers’ faces. During the struggle, two officers collapsed and began overdosing on the drug.
An off-duty nurse and other citizens that were passing by at that time helped render aid to the officers and administered the opioid reversal drug Narcan.
Both officers were treated at Plateau Medical Center and were released Tuesday night.
Adams is currently in police custody at CAMC.
The incident is being investigated by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies are still looking for a second person who escaped from the vehicle. Anyone with information is urged to contact the department at 304-574-3590.