Two soldiers fighting for life drank antifreeze substance thinking it was booze
11 US soldiers from Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, fell ill with ethylene glycol poisoning after drinking it during a field training exercise, with two of them fighting for life
09:52, 30 JAN 2021
The US Army says the soldiers believed they were consuming alcohol (Image: Getty Images)
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Hospitalized Fort Bliss soldiers mistook antifreeze for alcohol, Army says
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A group of hospitalized soldiers assigned to Fort Bliss this week had consumed antifreeze they mistook for alcohol, officials said. Photo by Joselyn Sydnor/U.S. Army
Jan. 30 (UPI) Army officials say the Fort Bliss soldiers hospitalized earlier this week drank antifreeze they mistook for alcohol.
On Thursday 11 soldiers assigned to Texas Fort Bliss were hospitalized at William Beaumont Army Medical Center after drinking what officials described as an unknown substance.
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On Friday afternoon Army officials announced the substance the soldiers ingested was antifreeze, and that two service members remained in critical condition.