2 students, 1 administrator taken to hospital after accidental mace spray

No evacuations as administrators, officials confirm spray accidental

By Terrell Forney

TAMARAC, Fla. — Two students and one administrator were taken to a hospital Tuesday afternoon after exposure to mace.

According to Broward County Public Schools spokeswoman Nadine Drew, a student had mace in his or her backpack that opened by accident at Millennium 6-12 Collegiate Academy in Tamarac.

Tamarac paramedics took the two students and administrator to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries as a precaution, a Tamarac Fire Rescue official said.

The school was not evacuated, Drew said.

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Terrell Forney

Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.