By Mary Kekatos Health Reporter For Dailymail.com and Associated Press
Published: 15:24 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 15:24 BST, 6 June 2019
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Dozens of swimmers were sickened by chlorine gas at a Utah public pool in what police are calling a 'freak accident'.
A pump malfunctioned at Pleasant Grove Veterans Memorial Pool and forced too much chlorine out of a jet on Tuesday, according to Pleasant Grove Police Capt Britt Smith.
The chlorine caused people to cough, vomit and bleed from their noses, he said.
Nearly 50 people, mostly children, were sickened and ambulances took 26 people to hospitals. Between 22 to 24 transported themselves, reported Deseret News.
A pump malfunctioned at Pleasant Grove Veterans Memorial Pool in Utah (pictured) and forced too much chlorine out of a jet on Tuesday, sickening nearly 50 people
Paramedics were called to the scene around 5pm and immediately
