Benn Curran-Nicholls, 14, was rushed to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital after he collapsed due to ingesting leaves and berries from a yew tree in Fletcher Moss Park, Manchester.

A coroner criticized the “illogical” decision to not warn the public of the poisonous yew tree berries after a 14-year-old boy died during a walk through Fletcher Moss Park in Manchester, England.

On the morning of Sept. 18, 2022, Curran-Nicholls was with his father walking through Fletcher Moss Park in Manchester when he stopped at a yew tree he frequently liked to climb.

A schoolboy collapsed and died after eating berries off a yew tree during a walk with his dad. Benn Curran-Nicholls, 14, was rushed to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital after he collapsed due ...