Nearly 20 Chicago elementary school students hospitalized after gas leak
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Seventeen students and one teacher at Sidney Sawyer Elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, were reportedly were hospitalized Tuesday following a potential gas leak in the area. (Google Street View)
Seventeen students and one teacher at a Chicago, Illinois, elementary school were hospitalized Tuesday and later released following a possible gas leak in the area.
"The smell of gas drifted into the gym" at Sidney Sawyer Elementary School, "as a result" of work being done nearby, Chicago Public Schools spokesperson Emily Bolton told Fox News in a statement.
The students and teacher were transported to a hospital "out of an abundance of caution," and have all since been released.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Gas meter readings taken at the time of the incident didn't show any elevated levels of gas, the spokesperson said.