30 children at day care center accidentally drink bleach
JERSEY CITY -- Thirty children at a day care in Jersey City, N.J., were taken to the hospital after accidentally drinking bleach.
It happened at 160 5th Street around 10:53 a.m. The business at that location is listed as The Growing Tree II Learning Center.
The Jersey City Fire Department said a substitute teacher/aide was giving water to the students. Instead of using the water from the cooler, she mistakenly used a bottle of water that had a little bleach in it that the teachers use for cleaning.
The children are all conscious and alert, and there are no life threatening injuries.
Five ambulances were transporting the children to Jersey City Medical Center.
Additional nurses are reporting to the emergency room to meet the patients when they arrive.
The Poison Control Center has also been notified.
