Children and adults sent to hospital in Pennsylvania after eating ‘poisonous mushrooms’

PEACH BOTTOM TOWNSHIP, Pa. – According to authorities, children and adults were taken to a hospital in Pennsylvania on Friday evening after becoming ill with fungi.

Emergency medical personnel responded to a report of 11 people falling ill after eating the mushrooms in Peach Bottom Township around 9:30 p.m., Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Company Station 57 said in a social media post.

“Units were informed that 11 people had ingested poisonous mushrooms and all were sick,” the post said.

The post called the emergency in York County a “mass casualty situation” and said emergency units were dispatched from York, Lancaster and Harford counties.

Delta-Cardiff Fire Chief Laura Taylor said the adults and children were taken to WellSpan York Hospital in York and were in stable condition, WPMT-TV reported.

Pennsylvania State Police also responded to the private residence, WPMT reported.

Peach Bottom Township is located near the Maryland state line, approximately 56 miles (90 kilometers) southeast of Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania.