Police and medics in South Jersey rushed to a Camden County elementary school after twin first graders became unresponsive.
Emergency responders rushed to Winslow Township School No. 1 on E Charter Avenue -- in the shadow of the Atlantic City Expressway -- in Hammonton around 11:30 a.m. after teachers and the school nurse couldn't get unresponsive boys to respond, said the school district.
The brothers "were on the floor not responding to her," said school superintendent H. Major Poteat.
Camden County spokesman Dan Keashen said it wasn't immediately clear what caused the twins to pass out. No other students were sickened.
Medics treated the siblings in an ambulance at the scene and both students returned to school in time for lunch after being checked out, said Poteat.
Police later said that all students and staff were place in an all-purpose room at the school while county health crews and firefighters went through the building to test for any hazardous conditions. Poteat said those tests included looking at the boiler, the heater and the air in the school.
Keashen said initial testing showed no "external environmental issues" in the school.
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As SkyForce10 hovered overhead you could see ambulances, police cars and fire trucks lined up outside the school.
Once the school was deemed safe, the school day resumed normally, said police.
A letter about the "alleged illness" was sent home to parents and posted online, said Poteat.
