NEWPORT — Police say the 29-year-old man from Massachusetts who was involved in a single-vehicle crash in Newport last week died in the hospital four days later as a result of what is being called an “acute cocaine overdose.”
Calvin Miranda, of Dedham, Massachusetts, was being treated at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center following the crash which took place on January 14.
The incident happened at around 8:40 a.m. on Vermont Route 100. Miranda left the roadway while traveling north, and struck a tree.
Police say that medical personnel determined Miranda had suffered an acute cocaine overdose, which resulted in his motor vehicle crash, of which they say he only sustained minor injuries.
The vehicle, a 2015 Nissan Altima, was totaled during the accident.
Miranda was transported to North Country Hospital before being transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock.
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Are we to infer that Mr. Miranda died after ingesting the “evidence” in his vehicle after the crash to avoid getting in trouble for cocaine possession?
If so: chalk up another death to the War on Drugs.
If you don’t know what happened then I suggest you mind your own business