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.

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 schoolboy collapsed and died after eating poisonous yew tree berries and leaves while on a family walk last year. He was accompanied by his father in Didsbury, on September 18 last year. His dad ...

Females hold bright red berries from autumn into winter. "It was, therefore, quite a surprise to me to find a group of three ripe red berries on the Fortingall Yew when the rest of the tree was ...