UPDATE
The emergency room at Prince William Hospital in Manassas is open once again after officials determined two patients were not exposed to hazardous materials.
Emergency responders who had been called to the hospital and to a FedEx truck that authorities thought contained the now harmless substance at a shopping center in Manassas.
The emergency medical facility closed about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Original post 12:10 p.m.
MANASSAS, Va. — The emergency room at Prince William Hospital has closed after a report of two FedEx employees who were potentially exposed to hazardous materials.
The employees drove themselves to the hospital and told officials they had come into contact with a white, powdery substance that was contained inside a package. It’s not yet known what the substance was, and the identities of the employees have not been released.
A FedEx truck that’s believed to have contained the package is parked outside a K-Mart store on Va. 234 in Manassas, about two miles from the hospital, and now being examined, said Prince William fire and rescue spokeswoman Kim Hylander.
Emergency crews in Prince William County are not taking patients to Prince William Hospital, but rather to other nearby facilities, said Hylander.
We’ll have more on this as it develops.
