TWENTY-FIVE elementary school students had reportedly eaten pizza while on a field trip to a bowling alley before they mysteriously fell ill.
The sixth-graders at Zuni Hills Elementary School in Peoria, Arizona, all fell ill on December 8 with some vomiting in the classroom.
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The children started vomiting after they returned from the bus and entered the school, per KSAZ-TV.
911 was then called with firefighters and emergency personnel arrived on the scene to assist in caring for the children.
"To help triage the number of students who reported feeling ill, the school called 911 for support, which resulted in numerous fire trucks and medical personnel responding to the campus," the school district released in a statement after the situation.
It has now been reported that the children had gone to a nearby bowling alley where they had all eaten lunch together, according to AZ Central.
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Danielle Airey, the Peoria Unified School District spokesperson, confirmed that it was the Uptown Alley, a bowling alley in Surprise.
She explained that although it wasn't clear exactly what caused the vomiting, medical personnel concluded that it was food poisoning.
"At this time, it’s not clear what may have caused the vomiting,[medical] professionals who assessed the students surmised that it is food poisoning," Airey said.
All family members of ill students were also notified immediately, per Airey.
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One student was taken to the hospital at the request of their parents.
However, none of the students were in critical condition afterward.
A manager from Uptown Alley also told AZ Central on the evening of December 8 that they were cooperating with the school and law enforcement.
It is unclear if Peoria police will be investigating the establishment further to determine the exact cause of the food-borne illness or not.
