6 children taken to hospital after camel gets spooked at circus

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PITTSBURGH — Six children were taken to a hospital Sunday after a camel got spooked during the Shrine Circus at PPG Paints Arena.

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Video sent to Channel 11 appears to show a camel running out of the ring with at least one person clinging to its back.

None of the kids were seriously hurt, but they were taken to an area hospital as a precaution.

Several witnesses claim there were both children and adults on the back of a camel when it became spooked.

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