‘Toxic mushrooms’ land 11 people, including kids, in Pennsylvania hospital

Nearly a twelve people, including children, fell sick aft eating toxic mushrooms successful Pennsylvania, an incidental officials have described arsenic a “mass casualty” event.

Emergency aesculapian unit were called connected Friday to a location on the 200 artifact of Burke Road successful Peach Bottom Township, located adjacent the Maryland authorities enactment and astir 55 miles southeast of Harrisburg, according to a Facebook station from Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company Station 57.

“Units were advised that 11 radical had ingested toxic mushrooms and were each ill,” prompting a effect from exigency units successful York, Lancaster and Harford counties astir 9:30 p.m., the station said.

The Pennsylvania State Police were besides called to the backstage residence, Fox affiliate WPMT reported.

“Units cleared the country successful conscionable implicit an hour,” per the Facebook post.

Delta-Cardiff Fire Chief Laura Taylor confirmed some children and adults ingested the toxic mushrooms. They were each rushed to WellSpan York Hospital and person since been listed successful unchangeable condition.

Authorities did not connection further details astir the “mass casualty incident.” They did not accidental wherever the toxic mushrooms came from nor however they were obtained by the victims.

An probe into the substance is ongoing.

With News Wire Services