Updated at 11:30 a.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Two Centralia trick-or-treaters were hospitalized last night after having a reaction, possibly to candy they consumed and police are investigating.
Medics were called just after 9 p.m., to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street where a pair of 13-year-old girls felt sick to their stomachs and had a couple other symptoms, according to the Centralia Police Department.
The teens were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to police. Police responded and took the candy as a precaution, Officer Mike Lowrey said.
Lowrey said they don’t yet know for sure if the sickness was related to the treats. And he didn’t know specifically what was the candy they had eaten.
“Better safe than sorry,” Lowrey said.
The police department hasn’t yet heard back this morning from the patients about what they found out when they were examined, he said.
Further information from the police department this morning indicates the girls told police they only trick-or-treated at one residence and an officer spoke to the occupants there.
“(T)he candy they were giving out was apparently store bought and did not appear to be tampered with,” detective John Panco wrote in a news release. “Despite this, the resident voluntarily surrendered the candy.”
Hospital treatment providers found nothing that suggested an immediate public health concern, and as of this morning, it doesn’t seem as though the girls were intentionally exposed to any harmful substance, according to Panco.
However, medical treatment records have been requested by the police. If necessary the candy will be tested, depending on the outcome of any medical findings, according to Panco.
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Thanks for putting safe first Officer Mike Lowery.
Love you JZ and Officer Mike Lowery. Glad to see we are on the page.
Most likely, they either ate too much candy, or reacted to a food allergy they weren’t previously aware of. But sure enough, the old Halloween urban myth of “poisoned candy” rises again. Some stories are too good to go away entirely, no matter how often they’re debunked.