Eleven people, including nine children, were hospitalized last week in Pennsylvania after accidentally consuming toxic wild mushrooms they had foraged themselves. The incident occurred in Peach Bottom Township of York County and was treated as a “mass casualty” due to the number of victims.
Eleven people in Pennsylvania had to be hospitalized last week after they accidentally ingested toxic wild mushrooms, according to fire officials.The incident happened Friday night in Peach Bottom Township of York County, part of the state’s Amish Country.An NBC-affiliated news outlet,
, in Lancaster reported that nine of the victims were children and that the family told first responders they had foraged the mushrooms themselves. It was not clear the exact species of mushroom the family had eaten. reported the family was treated and released, citing York County officials.RELATED STORY | Company recalls nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry dishes for listeria contaminationOne of the responding agencies, Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company Station 57, said in a statement on Facebook that the incident was referred to as a “mass casualty” because of the number of victims that had fallen ill.Units from York, Lancaster and Harford Counties were all dispatched to the scene.
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