Police in Kentucky are investigating after an 8-year-old boy died after consuming strawberries from a faculty fundraiser.
The Madisonville Police Division mentioned officers had been referred to as to a house round 6:30 a.m. Friday for an 8-year-old boy who was having hassle respiration and was unresponsive.
His dad and mom informed authorities that on Thursday he “had eaten a number of strawberries from a high school fundraiser the evening earlier than.”
On Thursday, the younger boy started experiencing signs and his dad and mom gave him benadryl and soaked him in a shower.
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After his signs continued to worsen, his household took him to a local emergency room round 10:30 p.m. Thursday, however introduced him again dwelling hours later.
Police mentioned the household referred to as authorities after they tried to wake him up for varsity Friday morning however discovered him unresponsive.
After the boy’s demise, the Hopkins County Well being Division mentioned {that a} preliminary post-mortem report dominated that it was an “remoted allergic response.”
“Dr. Christopher Kiefer, Medical Examiner, mentioned the incident involving strawberries seems like an remoted allergic response,” Denise Seashore, the Director for the Hopkins County Well being Division, mentioned. “He relates that this can be a preliminary report, so we nonetheless advise not eating the strawberries presently.”
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Authorities didn’t say if the boy had preexisting allergic reactions to strawberries.
The division warned the group to not eat any strawberries that we bought the Madisonville North Hopkins Excessive Faculty and Hopkins County Central Excessive Faculty athletics.
The well being division mentioned that there have been 443 flats distributed by North and 535 flats distributed by Central. The strawberries had been distributed by Juicy Fruit LLC, Southern Grown and Sizemore Farms.
“At present, the Division of Public Well being Environmentalists are taking samples of the strawberries to the state lab for testing,” the well being division mentioned.
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The boy’s identification has not been launched.
Fox Information has reached out to Juicy Fruit LLC, Southern Grown and Sizemore Farms for remark.
Police in Kentucky are investigating after an 8-year-old boy died after consuming strawberries from a faculty fundraiser.
The Madisonville Police Division mentioned officers had been referred to as to a house round 6:30 a.m. Friday for an 8-year-old boy who was having hassle respiration and was unresponsive.
His dad and mom informed authorities that on Thursday he “had eaten a number of strawberries from a high school fundraiser the evening earlier than.”
On Thursday, the younger boy started experiencing signs and his dad and mom gave him benadryl and soaked him in a shower.
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After his signs continued to worsen, his household took him to a local emergency room round 10:30 p.m. Thursday, however introduced him again dwelling hours later.
Police mentioned the household referred to as authorities after they tried to wake him up for varsity Friday morning however discovered him unresponsive.
After the boy’s demise, the Hopkins County Well being Division mentioned {that a} preliminary post-mortem report dominated that it was an “remoted allergic response.”
“Dr. Christopher Kiefer, Medical Examiner, mentioned the incident involving strawberries seems like an remoted allergic response,” Denise Seashore, the Director for the Hopkins County Well being Division, mentioned. “He relates that this can be a preliminary report, so we nonetheless advise not eating the strawberries presently.”
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Authorities didn’t say if the boy had preexisting allergic reactions to strawberries.
The division warned the group to not eat any strawberries that we bought the Madisonville North Hopkins Excessive Faculty and Hopkins County Central Excessive Faculty athletics.
The well being division mentioned that there have been 443 flats distributed by North and 535 flats distributed by Central. The strawberries had been distributed by Juicy Fruit LLC, Southern Grown and Sizemore Farms.
“At present, the Division of Public Well being Environmentalists are taking samples of the strawberries to the state lab for testing,” the well being division mentioned.
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The boy’s identification has not been launched.
Fox Information has reached out to Juicy Fruit LLC, Southern Grown and Sizemore Farms for remark.