(La Porte County, IN) - A man nearly died from a drug overdose on Thursday afternoon outside of a store in the Rolling Prairie area.

According to La Porte County Police, emergency responders were called to the Dollar General on 450 East, where a witness spotted a driver pull into the parking lot before finding him slumped over the wheel of their vehicle, lips turning blue.  Cesar Perez, 30, reportedly woke up after being given a dose of Narcan, which reverses the effects of heroin and other opioids. The La Porte area man allegedly told officers that he thought he had taken some fentanyl at the time of the incident.

A small amount of materials suspected to be drugs found in the vehicle were tested, but the results came back inconclusive.

Perez, who had a small amount of alcohol in his bloodstream at the time, was arrested for Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated because investigators believe he was driving while impaired on drugs.