Amish Family Hospitalized After Eating Toxic Wild Mushrooms

An Amish family in Pennsylvania was recently hospitalized after ingesting poisonous mushrooms.

Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company Station 57 announced via Facebook on Oct. 11 a “mass casualty” incident in the 200 block of Burke Road in Peach Bottom Township.

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“The units were informed that 11 people had swallowed poisonous mushrooms and that they were all sick. A total of 7 ALS and BLS units were dispatched from York, Lancaster and Harford counties. 6 of them transported all 11 pediatric and adult patients to the hospital. The units cleared the scene in a little over an hour,” the post said.

Forest mushrooms in a basket — picture.

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PEOPLE contacted the fire station, but there was no new information until Wednesday, October 16.

NBC affiliate WGAL in Lancaster, Pa., previously reported that the Amish family consisted of a man, a woman and nine children.

According to media reports, one of the family members walked approximately half a mile to the nearest pay phone to call for help. After first responders arrived, the family was transported to WellSpan York Hospital where they were treated and released.

An Amish buggy drives through the farmland of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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The Amish family picked the wild mushrooms themselves and then consumed them, NBC News reported, citing Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company Station 57.

Gregory Fantom, a spokesman for the Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company, told CNN the mushrooms were from a family member who “found them in the woods … and brought them home for dinner.”

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Their ages range from 1 to 39, the fire department said.

“Wild mushrooms should not be consumed unless identified by an expert; “Continued public health messaging about the potential dangers of ingesting poisonous mushrooms is needed,” the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said in March 2021.

Peach Bottom Township is located about 80 miles west of Philadelphia and is located on the border of Pennsylvania with Maryland, writes NBC News.

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