PHOTO: Child transported to hospital after reports of seizures at Orchard Village Elementary

Tammy Murga
February 27, 2020
3:05 pm

A child near Orchard Village Elementary School was transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, around 2:30 p.m. after the Los Angeles County Fire Department received reports of a minor suffering from seizures. Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies escorted the ambulance. The age and condition of the student were not known., according to Austin Bennett, a spokesman with the LACFD. Dan Watson/ The Signal

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Tammy Murga covers government and politics for The Signal. She joined in the summer of 2018, previously working in Northern California as an assistant editor and reporter for the Lake County Record-Bee. In 2016, she graduated from Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles. Have a story tip? Message her on Twitter (@tammyxmurga) or at [email protected].

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