Heat sends 15 Bucks students to hospital, after outdoor field trip

More than a dozen Bucks County middle school students were sent to area hospitals Thursday after suffering apparent heat-related dehydration.

The students, sixth-graders at William Penn Middle School in Yardley, had attended an end-of-the-year field trip to a Trenton Thunder baseball game. Temperatures were in the high 80s.

When they returned to the school, around 1 p.m., "a number of students exhibited symptoms of heat-related illness," the Pennsbury School District said on its website.

"School nurses responded and treated these students," the statement said. "Parents were contacted, and approximately 15 students were transported to area hospitals for further evaluation and possible treatment."

The district's statement urged parents "to ensure that their children are adequately hydrated on days when temperatures are unusually high."

- Julie Shaw