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Pembroke School pupils treated over 'legal high' | Pembroke School pupils treated over 'legal high' |
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A group of pupils have been treated at a Pembrokeshire school after experimenting with a 'legal high'. | A group of pupils have been treated at a Pembrokeshire school after experimenting with a 'legal high'. |
Seven of the group at Pembroke Comprehensive School fell unwell at about 14:00 BST. Police believe they experienced a poor reaction to the substance they had taken. | Seven of the group at Pembroke Comprehensive School fell unwell at about 14:00 BST. Police believe they experienced a poor reaction to the substance they had taken. |
Some were treated at the scene while others were taken to Withybush hospital in Haverfordwest as a precaution. | |
None are believed to be in a life-threatening condition. | |
A Pembrokeshire council spokesman said parents have been informed. | |
A Dyfed-Powys Police spokesperson said: "At approximately 14:07 this afternoon, the ambulance service informed Dyfed-Powys Police of an incident they were dealing with at Pembroke Comprehensive School, where a group of pupils had become unwell. | |
"Officers attended the scene and established that a number of pupils were affected - some were treated at the scene and released, but others were conveyed to A&E in Withybush as a precaution." | |
The spokesperson said air ambulance also attended the school as a precaution and none of the pupils are believed to be in a life-threatening condition. | |
"Enquiries have commenced into the circumstances, but early indications are that the group may have reacted to a type of legal high." | |
Ambulance staff confirmed that they had sent four emergency ambulances to the school and an ambulance officer. | |
"Though the cause is yet to be confirmed, it is believed the pupils may have reacted to an unknown substance," added a spokesperson for the Welsh Ambulance Service. |
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