Suspicious package found at Walt Whitman High School

April 25, 2009 - 4:57pm

WASHINGTON—A suspicious package at Walt Whitman High School caused the SAT's to be cancelled Saturday.

Pete Piringer, a county fire and EMS spokesman, says hazmat crews were called to the school located at 7100 Whittier Blvd. in Bethesda just before 12p.m.

He says a backpack was found in the school's parking lot and officials found what looked like several pipes inside the bag. However, after further examination hazmat crews determined that materials were not explosive.

Two homes on Whittier Boulevard were also evacuated Saturday.

WASHINGTON—A suspicious package at Walt Whitman High School caused the SAT's to be cancelled Saturday.

Pete Piringer, a county fire and EMS spokesman, says hazmat crews were called to the school located at 7100 Whittier Blvd. in Bethesda just before 12p.m.

Two homes on Whittier Boulevard were also evacuated Saturday.

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