Several students collapse at Yorkshire school...
 

..there isn't much information yet though...


Emergency services are attending a school in North Yorkshire after several students collapsed and have been taken to hospital.

North Yorkshire Police say approximately 28 people including a teacher have shown signs of sickness and feeling faint following an incident at Outwood Academy in Ripon

Several collapsed and were taken to hospital although Police have not disclosed the nature of the incident or the condition of those affected.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews...hool/ar-CCfeOS

..'following an incident'....

sounds like there's maybe been a gas leak/carbon monoxide poisoning?

Yeah those were my first thoughts too

Mine too would it be referred to as an incident though :suspect:

Haven't heard this on the news, and I have the news on.

Thanks.

not too much chlorine in the pool like at that holiday camp?

Jordan poisoned their Iceland ready meals?

but seriously hope there ok

During a Science Lesson so must have been an experiment gone wrong or something

"The police are not giving us any further details but the fact the fire brigade are there suggests it may be some kind of chemical incident.

"It happened during teaching time and it's not unknown for science lessons to cause problems"

Did they collapse because they realised it's only people in Yorkshire who speak like that?

I'm kidding... I'm KIDDING!

Hope they're all okay.

Shiiiiiiit, only 10 mins away from me. Hope everyone is okay D;

One pupil, 15-year-old Joshua Hall, said: “We were all in assembly for Remembrance Day and people were just passing out towards the end. It was pretty scary, it was talked about the whole day and it kept getting worse and worse.”

Another student, who asked not to be named, said several students collapsed in the school hall. She said: “When the first boy was sick, we thought it was a one-off but then there was a big slap on the floor and someone had fainted. After that it was a bit of a domino effect, another three or four collapsed and then people started leaving the hall to get fresh air. One of the boys who fell was a bit concussed and had a big lump on his head. After that they ushered us out quickly and a couple of girls had panic attacks.”

While a Facebook forum for parents at the school included rumours of a gas leak, Dave Winspear, from North Yorkshire fire service, said specialists detected no hazardous substances.

He said: “Children were feeling unwell, nauseous, dizzy. The ambulance service treated children for those symptoms. We worked through our protocol to see if there was anything untoward and assessed the school for any hazardous materials.”

They still don't know what it was :/


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...outh-yorkshire