Son dies, mom hospitalized in Ohio heroin overdose

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A 31-year-old man died and his mother was hospitalized after they overdosed on heroin, police said, days before their southwest Ohio neighborhood was to launch an initiative to fight the heroin epidemic.

Dayton police say the 52-year-old woman was revived with a heroin antidote that’s been distributed in Ohio since last fall. Both were found unresponsive at their home Monday, and the son, Paul Eversole, didn’t survive.

His mother, Patricia Eversole, remained hospitalized, but details of her condition weren’t available.

The overdose happened two days before Project DAWN — Death Avoidance by Naloxone — was scheduled to be launched in the Eversoles’ east Dayton neighborhood, the Dayton Daily News reported. The program will distribute the heroin antidote as part of the community-based overdose prevention program.