Drug overdose suspected in deaths of 2 high school students

Published 6:58 pm Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Two teenagers were found dead at a Tennessee high school and a third was hospitalized hours before graduation possibly due to a drug overdose, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said.

The deaths at Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School in Somerville on Tuesday were being investigated, the Sheriffs Office said in a statement. A third juvenile was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but was later upgraded to stable.

All three of the students attended Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School, the school said in a statement. Their names were not released.

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The students were found in the parking lot of the high school, hours before its graduation ceremony was set to begin in the school’s gym, news outlets reported.