Staff members at NeSmith Elementary in the Collin County city of Lavon were taken to the hospital after a gas leak near campus.
Community ISD tells FOX 4 there was a gas leak outside the school related to a construction project on campus.A few staff members requested to be transported to the hospital.The district says some students said they reported feeling effects from the gas leak and their parents were notified.
Parents were told they could pick their students up early if they wanted to, but it was not required.Five children and their mother are in the hospital because of carbon monoxide from a car running in their garage. But firefighters said it could have been much worse if one child hadn't reacted the way she did.
Community ISD says Atmos Energy and the Lavon Fire Department tested multiple sites inside the school and did not detect any gas inside the campus.
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