20 children suffer irritated eyes after field trip, but no cause found
A field trip for 20 kids at a Riverview daycare took a bad turn Thursday when something mysterious got into their eyes.
Paramedics and firefighters were sent to the daycare at Whitepine Baptist Church on Canusa Drive after the children began to feel an irritation.
Paramedics quickly flushed the children's eyes.
"The kids were crying and had some discomfort with eye irritation," said Robin True, the deputy chief in training with Riverview Fire and Rescue.
"But the staff were good and the paramedics were good with the children, and they assessed them without any problems."
Looked for clues
The children, between five and 12 years old, had just returned from a trip to the playground at Claude D. Taylor School in Riverview.
Police and firefighters scoured the grounds and nearby woods, hoping to find a source of the irritation but didn't find one.
After the children's eyes were flushed, there were no further injuries, and no one was taken to hospital, officials said.
Correction : An earlier version of this story said incorrectly that paramedics treated the children at Claude D. Taylor School. In fact, the children had already returned to their daycare at Whitepine church.(Aug 17, 2018 9:51 AM)
