Eleven kids and adults have been transported to a hospital on Friday evening in Pennsylvania after consuming and being sickened by “poisonous mushrooms”, authorities mentioned.
Emergency medical personnel responded to a report round 9.30pm of 11 folks turning into unwell after ingesting the mushrooms in Peach Backside Township, the Delta-Cardiff volunteer firm station 57 mentioned in a social media publish.
“Models have been suggested that 11 folks had ingested poisonous mushrooms and have been all unwell,” the publish mentioned.
The publish referred to the emergency in York county as a “mass casualty” scenario and mentioned emergency models have been dispatched from York and Lancaster counties and from Harford county, Maryland.
The Delta-Cardiff hearth chief, Laura Taylor, mentioned the adults and kids have been taken to the hospital in steady situation, the native tv station WPMT reported.
The Pennsylvania state police additionally responded to the non-public residence the place the folks grew to become sickened by the mushrooms, WPMT reported.
Peach Backside Township is close to the Maryland state line about 56 miles (90km) south-east of Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania state capital.
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