Children and adults transported to a Pennsylvania hospital after ingesting ‘toxic mushrooms’

PEACH BOTTOM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Children and adults were taken to a Pennsylvania hospital Friday evening after becoming ill from mushrooms, authorities said.

Emergency medical personnel responded to a report of 11 people becoming ill after ingesting 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 advised that 11 people had ingested poisonous mushrooms and all were ill,” the post said.

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

Delta-Cardiff Fire Chief Laura Taylor said the adults and children were transported to WellSpan York Hospital in York and were in stable condition. WPMT-TV reports this.

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

Peach Bottom Township is located near the Maryland state line, about 60 miles southeast of Harrisburg, the state capital of Pennsylvania.