Driver exposed to suspected drug at service plaza

Heard on: Massachusetts State Police Dispatch - Troop B

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Lovell PD just advised that the operator of the red hybrid CRV by the gas pumps at the Ludlow Service Plaza eastbound, the Uber driver,

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the person that they were transporting sprayed them with some sort of powder or fluid,

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possibly cocaine.

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They may be experiencing overdose-like symptoms.

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Ludlow EMS is en route.

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Two three seven.

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B six, someone's trying to reach you over one left.

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B eight to two seven.

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Two one four now.

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So just be advised that that operator of that red CRV is not speaking

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English. Received, jumping on the launch pad.

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Receive. Unsure how that passenger is being transported by the blue car.

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B6 to 288.

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Do you have anyone northbound on the 18 for a possible 16? I didn't get any calls on it, but South Highway took a call.

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1597 to B.

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I'm getting off from him.

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We're about to feel.

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Be advised that party is alert and talking.

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Three, nothing happened.

6/24/2026 12:26 PM

Substance Use

Massachusetts Tpke, Ludlow, MA 01104

Driver exposed to suspected drug at service plaza

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch reported a possible drug exposure involving an Uber driver in a red hybrid Honda CR-V near the gas pumps at the eastbound service plaza in Ludlow. A passenger reportedly sprayed the driver with a powder or fluid that may have been cocaine, and the driver appeared to have overdose-like symptoms. Emergency medical services were sent, and later radio traffic indicated the person was alert and talking and that nothing appeared to have happened.

Driver exposed to suspected drug at service plaza

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