‘Toxic mushrooms’ send 11 children and adults to hospital in Pennsylvania

Sickened people in stable condition, sheriff says, after emergency services report ‘mass casualty’ situation

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.