Distraught man found by police

3:2pm–#Fairfield CT–Police, and EMS were called to the southbound rest stop on the Merritt Parkway this afternoon for a distraught possibly suicidal person.  When they arrived at the rest stop  the man had left on foot in the wooded areas on Congress Street, then Sport Hill Road and into the cascade area near the General Electric headquarters.  Fairfield’s K-9 Ruger assisted in the search.  The man was located shortly after 5:30pm., A prescription bottle  in his possession was empty.  Not chancing a possible overdose the man was transported a nearby hospital.