More than 100 Dufferin Elementary School students stung by wasps
KAMLOOPS — Chaos at Dufferin Elementary School today as 135 students were stung by wasps during the annual Terry Fox Run.
The incident occurred just before lunch on the hillside behind the school, says Principal Colleen Topolovec.
“Some of the students were running a trail we’ve run many times over the last little while and one of them must have disturbed a ground nest with wasps and the nest scattered and spread back through the entire school that was running behind.”
As a result, she says the school called in some medical personnel to help out. Thankfully, she says none of the students appeared to suffer a life-threatening reaction.