Two men were taken to area hospitals after authorities responded to an incident on the Kanawha River at the Patrick Street Bridge around 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities confirmed drug use by the two men, according to Capt. Robert Mace of the Charleston Fire Department.
When authorities responded, one man was in the water. Mace said the man most likely overdosed and fell in the water. He had to be brought to shore by authorities.
The other man was unresponsive on the riverbank in respiratory arrest, Mace said. Both were alive when rushed to their respective hospitals, one to Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston and the other to Charleston Area Medical Center's General Hospital in downtown Charleston.
Authorities are not releasing the names of the men at this time.