A father and daughter are dead after eating a Thai curry made with deadly wild mushrooms.
Boonpan, 78, and his daughter Wijitra, 40, ate the poisonous dinner at their home in Chiang Rai, Thailand, on August 22, with mushrooms gifted to the family from a friend.
Relatives watched in shock as Boonpan began foaming at the mouth and convulsing before collapsing.
They rushed into Wijitra’s locked bedroom afterwards and found her unconscious as well, just a short time after finishing the meal.
Both were rushed to the hospital but were later pronounced dead.
Wijitra’s elder sister, Thatsanee, 49, said the meal was made with the gifted mushrooms, but they were unaware of the danger.
Boonpan’s wife began cooking the mushrooms in a large pot of curry, but the rest of the family narrowly escaped death because Boonpan and Wijitra ate dinner first.
Thatsanee said, ‘My sister had never cooked with this type of mushroom before because she didn’t usually like mushrooms. This was the first time.
‘A friend gave her some, so she asked our mother to make them into a curry and even shared some with relatives, but they hadn’t cooked theirs yet.
‘I love mushrooms, but after what happened, I will never touch them again. It’s difficult to tell which ones are poisonous.’
A sample of the poisonous mushrooms has been sent to a local hospital for analysis.
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