Hospitalized Fort Bliss soldiers mistook antifreeze for alcohol, Army says
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A group of hospitalized soldiers assigned to Fort Bliss this week had consumed antifreeze they mistook for alcohol, officials said. Photo by Joselyn Sydnor/U.S. Army
Jan. 30 (UPI) Army officials say the Fort Bliss soldiers hospitalized earlier this week drank antifreeze they mistook for alcohol.
On Thursday 11 soldiers assigned to Texas Fort Bliss were hospitalized at William Beaumont Army Medical Center after drinking what officials described as an unknown substance.
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On Friday afternoon Army officials announced the substance the soldiers ingested was antifreeze, and that two service members remained in critical condition.
Eleven Fort Bliss soldiers are injured after having ingested an "unknown substance" during a training exercise, according to a Fort Bliss press release shared Thursday.
Two soldiers remained seriously ill, the military said. It happened at the end of a training exercise, but exactly how it occurred is under investigation.