"pepper spray prank" news and stories

Six people were hospitalized and 31 others injured Sunday after a hazardous chemical incident at a McDonald's in North Carolina.

The customers and employees were injured Sunday morning at an eatery in Knightdale, N.C. Fire Marshal Rusty Styons told the News & Observer that pepper spray or ammonia was likely to blame. The injured complained about burning eyes and noses.

"It appeared to be airborne," Eddie Ross, an official with Eastern Wake Emergency Medical Services, told the paper. "I don't think it was anything in the food."

An unnamed employee said someone left pepper spray on the hand dryer in the men's restroom and it spread after the dryer was turned on, the Associated Press reports.

[Via News & Observer]

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