2 sickened by mail package, taken to Maryland hospital
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in Maryland say two people have been sickened after opening a package that they received in the mail.
Frederick Police Lt. Clark Pennington says the people went to a hospital for treatment and brought the package with them, and now the hospital is considered a hazmat scene.
Pennington says when the people opened the package about noon Tuesday, they began to feel burning and had difficulty breathing.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Pennington says the two took the package to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Decontamination tents have been set up outside the emergency room.
At a news conference at the hospital, spokeswoman Melissa Lambdin says no new patients are being admitted, and all inpatient care is continuing as normal.