Sick Liberty City Elementary School students taken to hospital

MIAMI – Children from a Miami elementary school were transported to the hospital after ingesting a substance Friday morning, WPLG reports. 

A total of six students from Liberty City Elementary School were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

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All the students were alert and conscious and brought to the hospital out of precaution.

A Miami-Dade Public Schools spokesperson said a male student shared his own prescription medication with other students.

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In January 2017, Hatzel Vela became the first local television journalist in the country to move to Cuba and cover the island from the inside. During his time living and working in Cuba, he covered some of the most significant stories in a post-Fidel Castro Cuba. 

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