According to News week
Florida boy sent at least 40 of his classmates to the hospital when he mistook a of pepper spray for body fragrance spray and sprayed himself with it at school.
A student at Highlands Middle School in Jacksonville, Florida caused the school’s gymnasium to be evacuated after dispersing the spray last week, according to a Friday report in The Gainesville Sun. The boy had taken the pepper spray from the belongings of another student before deciding to help himself to a generous spritz.
“Thinking it was body spray, the student who took the canister actually sprayed himself as if he were applying a body fragrance product,” Principal Evan Daniels said to parents in a pre-recorded phone message, according to the outlet. “The gymnasium was evacuated and ultimately 41 students were transported to area hospitals for care.”
School faculty brought students outside to a football field after the pepper spray was released. About half of the students present ended up needing medical attention. The students were all treated and released from the hospitals on the day of the incident.