By Texas News Desk
Feb 2, 2021
Nine of the eleven Fort Bliss soldiers who unknowingly consumed antifreeze are out of the hospital. KDBC reports that a Fort Bliss spokesperson said as of yesterday there was still one soldier in intensive care and another in the non-critical care ward. Colonel Shawna Scully, Deputy Commander at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, says most of the soldiers are doing incredibly well in view of the fact that ethylene glycol in antifreeze is capable of causing kidney damage or kidney failure. The case is still under investigation.
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Credit Staff Sgt. Michael West / U.S. Army
EL PASO – The Army has launched a criminal investigation after eleven Fort Bliss soldiers were hospitalized suffering from antifreeze poisoning. The soldiers are recovering at William Beaumont Army Medical center. They were sickened Thursday at the end of a 10-day field training exercise at McGregor Range.
“Initial reports indicate soldiers consumed this substance, thinking they were drinking alcoholic beverage,” said Lt. Col. Allie Payne, a Fort Bliss spokeswoman for the 1st Armored Division during a news conference Friday afternoon.
“Army and Fort Bliss regulations prohibit the consumption of alcohol in a field training environment. Initial toxicology results indicate the soldiers are experiencing ethylene glycol poisoning,”