2 Pittsburgh students hospitalized after eating 'unknown edible candy'
Two students at Brashear High School in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood were hospitalized Wednesday after they ingested “am unknown edible candy,” a school spokeswoman said.
Four students were involved in the incident. Two fell ill after eating the candy, Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said.
School officials are investigating to determine how — and why — the incident occurred.
“As this incident is under investigation and involves minors, no further information is available,” Pugh said.
Pittsburgh Police are not investigating the incident, spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. She forwarded questions to the school district.
Cruz said Pittsburgh EMS evaluated two patients on the scene and took them to an area hospital in stable condition. She said both patients had “higher heart rates.”
More than 920 students attend ninth through 12th grades at Brashear High School, a four-story schoolhouse built on Crane Avenue in 1976, according to the school district’s website.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
Remove the ads from your TribLIVE reading experience but still support the journalists who create the content with TribLIVE Ad-Free.