Lee County, FL — Twenty-four students of Lehigh Senior High School had to be evaluated by paramedics after a heat-related incident in the school's football field in Lehigh Acres.
Lehigh Acres Fire and Lee County EMS crews responded to the incident at 9:03 AM.
The SDLC confirms that the school's JROTC was performing a Veterans Day ceremony when multiple students started experiencing symptoms of heat exhaustion.
LSHS' School Resource Officer (SRO) originally reported that there were around ten students who were experiencing symptoms, some of which lost consciousness.
As the first arriving fire crews arrived, they later determined that seventeen students had sustained heat-related injuries.
Throughout the duration of the incident, a total of twenty-four students were evaluated by EMS crews.
One student was transported to Golisano Children's Hospital for heat exhaustion while the rest were released from the scene.
An additional student was transported to GCH from Lehigh Senior Highschool for an unrelated medical issue.
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Tayna Roach, a representative for LSHS, sent out an email to parents at 9:21 AM Friday morning calling it a "minor incident" where only "a couple" of students sustained heat-related injuries.
This email was sent out to parents before emergency crews could fully evaluate the situation, which was determined to be a Level 3 Mass Casualty Incident.
The scene cleared around 11:30 AM.
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By: Kevin Burgos | UCBN
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