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Eleven soldiers at a military base in Texas were hospitalized after drinking a poisonous substance they believed to be alcohol, military officials said.
Soldiers drank the unknown substance after the end of a 10-day field exercise at the McGregor Range complex in Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss officials said in a statement.
Officials said the soldiers believed they were drinking alcohol, which is prohibited at the base.
They then began to experience symptoms between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. the same day.
All were taken to William Beaumont Army Medical Center, and two soldiers were admitted to the intensive care unit because they are critically ill, officials said.
Toxicology results showed that the soldiers – who are assigned to the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, the Army’s 32nd Air Defense and Missile Command – were suffering from ethylene glycol poisoning.
Symptoms of ethylene glycol poisoning include seizures, entering a coma, and brain edema in some cases, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and the Disease Registry.
The US Army Criminal Investigations Command is investigating the incident.
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