MINSTER — Fourteen student athletes were hospitalized after a mechanical issue at an area swimming pool.
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Minster Swimming Pool experienced a mechanical issue involving one of its facility pumps, according to a village spokesperson.
Around 7:15, village workers went to the pool to make sure everything was good for the day, and they found the recirculation pump had failed overnight, according to Don Harrod, village administrator of Minster.
The chlorine pump continued to run.
When the recirculation pump kicked in, the chlorine slug got shot out into the pool; there were around 20 swim team members in the pool at the time.
As a precaution, 14 members of the high school swim team were taken to local hospitals for evaluation.
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Maintenance is working to diagnose and correct the pump issue.
The pool will remain closed until repairs have been completed, the village said.
We have reached out to Minster Local Schools for a statement.
We will update this story as we learn more.
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