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Multiple students were hospitalized after they ate a candy-like substance at a North Carolina middle school

The children were given the food item by a fellow classmate earlier this month

"I feel like it wouldn’t be something that you would have thought would happen," one student said

Multiple students at a North Carolina middle school were hospitalized after they ate an unknown substance resembling candy.

Around 10 children fell ill when they ate the food item, shared by a fellow classmate, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, Broad Creek Middle School officials said, according to local outlets WITN , WCTI and the Carteret County News-Times .

The Carteret County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) told the outlets that eight of the students were transported to Carteret Health Care for eva

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