Mark Twain student injured after finding meth needle on campus

A first grade student at Mark Twain Elementary was rushed to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after accidently poking himself with a possibly loaded drug syringe.Carson City Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Mark Twain around noon Wednesday after a child handed a teacher a teddy bear filled with drug syringes on the playground. The 7-year-old apparently found the teddy bear in a trash can on the Mark Twain campus, and when he was bringing the bear to the teacher, he accidently poked