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Worker Likely Dies of Overdose at New Jersey School construction Site: Police

Police suspect drug overdose in worker's death at Trenton Central High School work site.

Trenton police believe that a man found unresponsive at a construction site at a local high school earlier this week may have died of a drug overdose.

NJ.com reports police and emergency medical technicians were dispatched to Trenton Central High School on Tuesday morning following reports that a young man was found unresponsive inside a vehicle.

The victim, identified only as a 22-year-old man from New Egypt, was rushed to St. Francis Medical Center. He was pronounced dead at the hospital a short while later.

Lt. James Slack says the man worked for a subcontractor at the site. No foul play is suspected.

Slack says detectives are still awaiting autopsy results for the man. An investigation is ongoing. [[238427591, C]]

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