Sick on the bus - USA - 39 complain of nausea on school bus
Police suspect kids were sickened by fumes escaping holes in muffler
Wilmington,DE,USA -The News Journal, by TERRI SANGINITI and EDWARD L. KENNEY -22 Oct 2005: -- Thirty-nine students from Cedar Lane Elementary School were treated for dizziness and nausea after getting sick on the bus to school... The bus driver pulled over at about 8:45 a.m. near Boyds Corner and Summit Bridge roads to open the windows and door and shut off the engine after children on the bus complained of smelling fumes and said they were feeling ill..... They were treated at the hospital and released... checked the Lehane's Bus Service bus for signs of carbon monoxide but found none. However, a subsequent inspection of the bus revealed five holes in the bus's muffler, Zebley said, noting that straps that secure the muffler underneath the bus had concealed the holes... The muffler is about two feet behind the bus door, and exhaust could have entered the bus there, she said. Because the windows were closed and the heater was on, the odor continued to circulate inside the bus, investigators reported...
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