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New Bedford had six overdoses within a 26 hour period from Friday night (19 July) through Saturday night (20 July) with one resulting in death. According to police logs, two of the overdoses were very public and early afternoon – one Saturday afternoon at the bus station downtown and the other at the Benfica Club on Acushnet Ave.
Details on each of the overdoses:
• 19 July at 8:13 pm on Conduit Street (resulted in death)
• 19 July at 11:43 pm on Cedar Street
• 20 July at 12:22 am on Tallman Street
• 20 July at 12:39 pm at the downtown New Bedford bus station on Elm Street
• 20 July at 2:45 pm at the Benfica Club at 1484 Acushnet Ave.
• 20 July at 10:32 pm on Katharine Street.
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