WESTMORELAND COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE RELEASES 2024 REPORT

The Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office released the 2024 report on Monday, and it showed that there was a 15% drop in the number of drug overdose deaths.  The Trib reports that 81 people died from accidental drug overdoses, the lowest since 2012.  Fentanyl remains the top contributor of overdose deaths.  There were also drops in the number of suicides, deaths from traffic crashes and other drug-related deaths.  The coroner office’s total caseload in 2024 was 3,158.