After student mistakes pepper spray for body spray, 41 classmates sent to hospital


FLORIDA (ANN): A student in Florida unknowingly used pepper spray on himself, causing classmates affected by the spritz to be sent to the hospital for treatment.

A total of 41 students from Highlands Middle School were taken to hospitals in the area on Feb. 28 after kids started coughing during a 7th-grade gym class, Action News Jax reported. The gym, which had about 60 to 80 students during the incident, was evacuated.

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