6 students evaluated after reported overdose at DC middle school

6 Kramer Middle School students evaluated after ingesting unknown substance

Several students at Kramer Middle School were evaluated for a possible overdose on Wednesday afternoon. D.C. Fire and EMS says they received a call just before 2:00 p.m. after six students reported feeling sick after ingesting an unknown substance.

WASHINGTON - D.C. Fire and EMS were dispatched to Stephen E. Kramer Middle School in Southeast, D.C. on Wednesday afternoon after reports of an overdose. 

What we know:

D.C. Fire and EMS received a call before 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday for a call of an overdose, officials say. They say six students reported feeling sick after ingesting an unknown substance.

Six students were evaluated and one student was taken to the hospital. 

According to the school principal, who sent out a letter to parents — a student apparently brought some type of food item containing a controlled substance and shared it with several classmates.

It’s not yet confirmed what that substance is. But after consuming the items, six students started feeling sick and were evaluated by the school nurse and D.C. Fire and EMS. 

One student was transported to the hospital for further evaluation, but is expected to be okay.