Students, staff ‘not in any danger' following threat at Fayette Co. elementary school, officials say

FILE PHOTO: A 12-year-old student said she was “held hostage” for an hour on a school bus Tuesday by the driver as punishment. 

FAYETTE CO., Pa. — State police and officials at the Albert Gallatin Area School District investigated a threat made involving Friendship Elementary School.

Around 5 p.m. Tuesday, the district received a call regarding an "alleged threat a student made" against Friendship Hill Elementary School while being taken home.

Superintendent Christopher Pegg said officials immediately contacted Pennsylvania State Police and began investigating the alleged threat.

Pegg said in a Facebook post that the threat was not credible, and that students and staff are not in any danger regarding the incident.

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Officials did not specify what the threat was or who was involved.