Hollywood high school student dies after taking fentanyl-laced pill in apparent string of overdoses

Death at Bernstein high school comes as new data shows 200 people dying a day of fentanyl overdoses

A teenage girl at a Hollywood high school died on Tuesday and another was hospitalized, after taking what police believe were counterfeit pills filled with fentanyl.

The incident, which is being investigated as a homicide by Los Angeles police, comes as federal officials announced new national counts of overdose deaths, showing nearly 200 people in the US are dying each day due to overdoses of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.