This is the moment a Florida cop nearly died after apparently being exposed to fentanyl during a traffic stop.
Concerning footage showed Officer Courtney Bannick go limp on the ground after supposedly touching the narcotics wrapped up in a dollar bill.
Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she was left drifting in and out of consciousness after the incident in Tavares on Tuesday.
Earlier in the night she had pulled over a car and taken the passenger to jail before she started struggling to breathe and pleaded for help over the radio.
Officers found her in her police uniform starting to pass out before administering Narcan to save her.
The incident, which has not been fully explained by cops, comes after experts reassured the public a person cannot overdose on fentanyl just by touching it.
Officer Bannick had pulled over the vehicle in the early hours of Tuesday morning and found the passenger with narcotics rolled up in a dollar bill.
After Bannick had brought the passenger to jail, her co-workers began to hear her struggling to breathe over their radios, and rushed to help her.
It is unclear exactly when or how she was exposed to the drug during the stop.
Cops said the individuals who had the narcotics will likely be prosecuted with felony charges after their investigation concludes.
Terrifying footage showed Bannick on the side of a dark road as officers led her wide-eyed and breathless from her car to the sidewalk.
There she fell down on her back as cops tried to soothe her and administered Narcan up her nose, causing her to roll over and vomit on the street.
Later, as they waited for an ambulance, she could be seen leaning on the legs of another officer and breathing heavily, when suddenly her face went blank.
Officers began shouting at her to breathe as they slapped her face to jar her awake and were forced to administer more doses of Narcan before she sprung back to life.
Bannick was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover.
‘She was completely lifeless. She looks deceased in these videos,’ Tavares Police Detective Courtney Sullivan told Fox 35, ‘so she’s very thankful today.’
The department said she had been wearing gloves and followed all protocols properly when handling the narcotics.
‘I have done this one-hundred times before the same way. It only takes one time and a minimal amount,’ Bannick after the incident. ‘I’m thankful I wasn’t alone and had immediate help.’
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