A&M STUDENT INGESTS SODIUM CYANIDE

  

A 20-year-old Texas A&M student remains in critical condition in a Bryan Hospital after authorities said he ingested sodium cyanide while on the Texas A&M campus.

Hazardous materials crews with the College Station Fire Department were called to the Rudder Plaza area at about 3:30 p.m., and Bryan firefighters set up decontamination tents in the St. Joseph hospital parking lot soon after.

Crews were on the scene near Rudder Tower until about 7 p.m. and did not clear the St. Joseph hospital parking lot until about 8:30 p.m., after decontaminating 12 people -- including the patient, Texas A&M EMS, emergency room staff and firefighters.

Sodium cyanide is a toxic chemical that can be fatal because it interferes with a person's ability to breathe.

Police have not released the student’s identity.

 

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