College Freshman, 19, Dies After Taking Just One Percocet — That Was Really Fentanyl

A 19-year-old college freshman from New York died of a fentanyl overdose after taking just one pill she believed to be Percocet, according to her grieving family.

Paige Gibbons, of Pittsford, was attending Hobart and William Smith Colleges with dreams of becoming a doctor when she and a friend popped what they were told was a Percocet pill in Nov. 2022.

“She was at a friend’s house, the parents were home, she and her friend were going to take a Percocet, which she thought was a Percocet,” Paige’s father, David Gibbons said in an interview with New York’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS).

“Unbeknownst to them, it was not a Percocet — it was 100% fentanyl,” he said.

Hours later, a police officer knocked on the Gibbons’ front door and told them that their daughter died of an overdose. (Read more from “College Freshman, 19, Dies After Taking Just One Percocet — That Was Really Fentanyl” HERE)