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Officials in Genesee County suspect children ingested foreign substance after almost 2 dozen elementary students were struck with mysterious illness
Wwj Newsroom - Yesterday 5:10 PM
VIENNA TWP., Mich. (WWJ) - School officials for Edgerton Elementary said carbon monoxide gas has been ruled out as the reason for a strange and sudden illness that affected almost 20 students on Friday, but now officials are turning their suspicions toward something the children ate.
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"Please keep all of the Edgerton students and staff in your thoughts and prayers, especially our little ones at Hurley. We wish them a full and speedy recovery."
Swanson said all evidence collected is now at the Michigan State Police crime lab; it could take 2 weeks for final results.
https://kyma.com/education/2022/04/...es-searching-edgerton-elementary-for-cause-2/
VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WNEM) - The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the source of what sent multiple elementary students to the hospital after falling ill.
The incident happened shortly after 1 p.m. at Edgerton Elementary School in Vienna Township on Friday, April 29. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said about 15 to 18 children in the Kindergarten grade started feeling symptomatic.
“We’re going to find out what happened,” Swanson said.
The symptoms include nausea, dizziness, and lightheadedness, Swanson said. Law enforcement and paramedics were then called to the school.
The Clio Fire Department secured and cleared the building, while seven children were taken to Hurley Medical Center. As of 3 p.m., less than six children were at the hospital being treated. Fire officials and the sheriff’s office also brought Consumers Energy to the school.
The latest update by Sheriff Swanson at about 6:45 p.m. on Friday reveled four children are still at the hospital.
The children are heavily sedated, according to Swanson....
Officials in Genesee County suspect children ingested foreign substance after almost 2 dozen elementary students were struck with mysterious illness
Wwj Newsroom - Yesterday 5:10 PM
VIENNA TWP., Mich. (WWJ) - School officials for Edgerton Elementary said carbon monoxide gas has been ruled out as the reason for a strange and sudden illness that affected almost 20 students on Friday, but now officials are turning their suspicions toward something the children ate.
...
"Please keep all of the Edgerton students and staff in your thoughts and prayers, especially our little ones at Hurley. We wish them a full and speedy recovery."
Swanson said all evidence collected is now at the Michigan State Police crime lab; it could take 2 weeks for final results.
https://kyma.com/education/2022/04/...es-searching-edgerton-elementary-for-cause-2/
VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WNEM) - The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the source of what sent multiple elementary students to the hospital after falling ill.
The incident happened shortly after 1 p.m. at Edgerton Elementary School in Vienna Township on Friday, April 29. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said about 15 to 18 children in the Kindergarten grade started feeling symptomatic.
“We’re going to find out what happened,” Swanson said.
The symptoms include nausea, dizziness, and lightheadedness, Swanson said. Law enforcement and paramedics were then called to the school.
The Clio Fire Department secured and cleared the building, while seven children were taken to Hurley Medical Center. As of 3 p.m., less than six children were at the hospital being treated. Fire officials and the sheriff’s office also brought Consumers Energy to the school.
The latest update by Sheriff Swanson at about 6:45 p.m. on Friday reveled four children are still at the hospital.
The children are heavily sedated, according to Swanson....