Overdoses probe as two patients die

Two patients at a psychiatric unit have died in suspected drug overdoses, police said last night.

The men, one believed to be in his 20s and the other in his 30s, were found by staff carrying out routine observations at 5am on Friday at the Peasley Cross unit in St Helens, Merseyside.

A third male was also taken to hospital suffering from a suspected overdose.

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