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Josh Salisbury

Three die in Australia in ‘mushroom poisoning’ mystery as man fights for life

Police in Australia are investigating after three people died in a suspected “mushroom poisoning” and a fourth was left fighting for their life.

Couple Don and Gail Patterson and her sister Heather Wilkinson died from symptoms consistent with death cap mushroom poisoning after eating lunch in the small Australian town of Leongatha, a two-hour drive south-east of Melbourne.

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