
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, June 29, 1990                   TAG: 9006290789
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

CHILDREN AT CAMP COLLAPSE FROM HEAT

Twenty children were treated at a hospital Thursday after apparently suffering heat exhaustion while running relay races at the Eagle Eyrie Summer Camp Conference in Bedford County, authorities said.

Don Sawyer, assistant manager for Eagle Eyrie, at first said seven to 10 children had been taken to Lynchburg General Hospital late in the afternoon for heat-related injuries.

But hospital officials several hours later reported that 20 Eagle Eyrie children had been hospitalized for heat exhaustion. Most had been released by midnight, hospital officials said.

Sawyer said a few of the children collapsed about 4:30 p.m. on the softball field during relay races. After the first children collapsed, a "panic situation" developed and other children were taken to the hospital with similar symptoms, he said.

The temperature rose to 88 degrees Thursday with 45 percent humidity.

Eagle Eyrie is a Southern Baptist Convention-owned conference center.

by CNB