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Tripping Teens Hospitalized During La Brea Tar Pits Field Trip
Eight teens were taken by ambulance from the famed tar pits sickened and in altered states after ingesting edibles, according to officials.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A group of teenagers was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after reportedly being sickened by cannabis edibles while on a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The field trip was disrupted at about 12:45 p.m. when a security guard at the museum noticed something off about the teens.
"Eight (male and female) teenage students from an unidentified school, were on a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits, when they were discovered acutely ill by an on-site security officer, who called 911," Brian Humphrey LAFD spokesman said. "LAFD Paramedics arrived quickly to determine each had an altered level of consciousness, following their reported ingestion of cannabis edibles."
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All eight teens were taken by ambulance to nearby hospitals in fair condition, added Humphrey.
Los Angeles Police Department officers were also called to the scene to investigate.
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It wasn't immediately clear which school the students attended.
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