RE: https://m.ai6yr.org/@knowattitude/117583987552589527
Noozhawk: 19 Santa Barbara Half Marathon Runners Taken to Area Hospitals
Rumors spread of a spiked water station; event director attributes hospital transports to ‘heat and exhaustion’
h/t @knowattitude
https://www.noozhawk.com/19-santa-barbara-half-marathon-runners-taken-to-area-hospitals/
I was on State Street watching the half-marathon runners go by, and I saw one of those who staggered and collapsed. Eventually he was taken away on a stretcher. https://www.noozhawk.com/19-santa-barbara-half-marathon-runners-taken-to-area-hospitals/
ABC News says: 19 treated out of 7500 who participated... so that's less than 1% of the runners. Temperatures were definitely warm, so... definitely possible just a lot of heat illness cases. (so many now during marathons and athletic events)
https://abc7.com/post/more-dozen-runners-fall-ill-during-santa-barbara-half-marathon-cottage-health-hospital-treating-least-19-people/20025183/
At least 19 runners hospitalized after falling ill during Santa Barbara Half Marathon