PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT COLLAPSE AT ALGONQUIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON COMPTON DR, ALGONQUIN

THU MAY 23 2013 ~12:33 PM
ALGONQUIN-LAKE IN THE HILLS FPD
BOX ALARM/PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT COLLAPSE
1401 COMPTON DRIVE ALGONQUIN, IL

MABAS DIVISION 2 BOX ALARM FOR A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT COLLAPSE AT ALGONQUIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

NO SERIOUS INJURIES REPORTED AFTER AN INFLATABLE SLIDE TIPPED OVER INSIDE A GYM. FIELD DAY ACTIVITIES WERE SCHEDULED, BUT INCLEMENT WEATHER FORCED ACTIVITIES INDOORS.

SIX CHILDREN WERE INJURED, BUT INJURIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SERIOUS. STUDENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO SHERMAN HOSPITAL IN ELGIN AND GOOD SHEPHERD IN BARRINGTON -- HOSPITAL TRANSPORTS NOT CONFIRMED.

SCHOOL CLOSED EARLY BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. THE STUDENTS THAT WERE NOT TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITALS WERE RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS.

BARRINGTON, CARPENTERSVILLE, CARY, FOX RIVER GROVE, HUNTLEY, MCHENRY, WOODSTOCK AND OTHERS MUTUAL AID.

MEDICAL HELICOPTER WAS ON STANDBY BUT WAS NOT NEEDED.

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