Eleven children and adults were transported to a hospital on Friday night in Pennsylvania after eating and being sickened by “toxic mushrooms”, authorities said.
Emergency medical personnel responded to a report around 9.30pm of 11 people becoming ill after ingesting the mushrooms in Peach Bottom Township, the Delta-Cardiff volunteer company station 57 said in a social media post.
“Units were advised that 11 people had ingested toxic mushrooms and were all ill,” the post said.
The post referred to the emergency in York county as a “mass casualty” situation and said emergency units were dispatched from York and Lancaster counties and from Harford county, Maryland.
The Delta-Cardiff fire chief, Laura Taylor, said the adults and children were taken to the hospital in stable condition, the local television station WPMT reported.
The Pennsylvania state police also responded to the private residence where the people became sickened by the mushrooms, WPMT reported.
Peach Bottom Township is near the Maryland state line about 56 miles (90km) south-east of Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania state capital.
Source: www.theguardian.com