Fourteen school children are in a hospital in Australia after they and eight of their classmates ate an “unknown substance” on a morning school bus.
Police and the education department are investigating how 22 students, aged between eight and 12, ingested the substance, reportedly in lollies, before feeling unwell upon arrival at Bluewater State School in Townsville.
Paramedics assessed 16 children who were suffering similar symptoms, including nausea, little abdominal pain, and lightheadedness.
“A lot them were saying, in children’s words, they’re crook in the tummy, they feel like they’re going to vomit and feeling a little dizzy,” Queensland Ambulance Service supervisor David Wright said….