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Corrections officer sickened at SCI Fayette

La Belle, Pa. — A corrections officer was sickened at the State Correctional Institution in Fayette County Saturday morning.

The officer was performing fire, safety and security checks in a cell when he became sickened with a flushed face and elevated heart rate, the communications director for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said.

Officials said medical staff administered Narcan and the officer was taken to a hospital by ambulance.

It's unknown what the officer was exposed to.

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