Man Experiences Severe Drug Withdrawal at Home, Hickory NC

Medical Emergency

Reported: 10/24/2025 03:11 PM

Near Goat Farm St, Hickory, NC 28601

First responders attended to a 58-year-old man near Goat Farm St suffering severe drug withdrawal symptoms including nausea and body pain. The man was conscious and breathing. There were no drugs present in the house, and he had been recovering for about a year.

Audio|Source: Burke County Public Safety

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78 first responders near Goat Farm St, cross street, 9th Avenue Drive, Northwest, Castle Avenue, 6-person, emergency response.

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78 first responders, near Goat Farm St, cross street, 9th Avenue, drive, northwest, Castle Avenue, sick person, emergency response, 1813.

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200 Nova Road Cross Street, Gerald Road, Crawley Drive, lift assistance, 13 response.

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Crew 8, 200, Nova Road, Cross Street, Gerald Road, Crawley Drive, Lift, this is routine response, 1813.

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Go ahead.

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Go ahead.

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To wait, please.

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Road his first responders.

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Near Goat Farm St, Cross Street, 9th Avenue, Drive, Northwest, Castle Avenue, sick-person emergency response.

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First responders, near Goat Farm St, cross-street, 9th Avenue, Drive, Northwest, Castle Avenue, sick-person, emergency response,

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78,

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requested mutual aid, 1814.

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171 in Route. Two, 671 in Route.

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2-66 from Ralphburg. Two-six from Ralphburg.

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At near Goat Farm St. You're talking to a 58-year-old mental conscience and breathing advice and he is going through drug withdrawals. Having all over body pain responding normally, not breathing normally.

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Vizes nausea's his primary problem.

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He'll be a tan-colored house, great B&W in the drop. If there is no drugs in the house at this time, he has been in recovery for about a year.

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Near Goat Farm St, Hickory, NC 28601

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