Update: UF spokesperson Cynthia Roldán confirmed Thursday afternoon the message’s purpose was to notify Shands employees that the hospital’s mass casualty plan was being activated.
The message correctly identified the situation as a mass casualty incident. The term refers to a surge in patients that overwhelms local medical resources but does not necessarily indicate fatalities.
Several people suffered serious or critical injuries in the crash, which occurred off campus, Roldán wrote in an email…