<p>HAZARD, Ky. — Police in a southeastern Kentucky community are working with a federal drug enforcement agency to identify the source of suspected overdoses that resulted in three deaths and sickened several other people, including two officers.</p>
<p>The Hazard Police Department said on Facebook that officers responding to a report of suspected overdoses in an apartment found three bodies Thursday.</p>
<p>A fourth person suspected of overdosing was taken to a hospital while eight more overdoses have since been reported in the city, the statement said.</p>
<p>Police urged residents to use caution if they see any substance that is not easily recognizable. “Whatever this is, it is deadly,” the statement said. </p>
<p>Two Hazard police officers became ill while processing the suspected substance. The statement said authorities should know what it is by Monday night. </p>
<p>Police said they working with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration in the investigation.</p>
