What to Know A 13-year-old girl accidentally released pepper spray in her Brooklyn school Monday, authorities say

She was wearing it around her neck as protection and it went off when she reached down to get something

Eleven people were treated at the scene at Kings Collegiate Charter School shortly before 2 p.m.; no one was taken to a hospital

A 13-year-old student who had pepper spray around her neck as protection accidentally released it in her Brooklyn school Monday, authorities say.

Ten students were taken to Brookdale Hospital as a precaution after the incident at Kings Collegiate Charter School on Lenox Road, which took place shortly before 2 p.m., according to police.

The NYPD says the girl, an eighth-grader, bent down to grab something when the pepper spray went off.



The investigation is ongoing.