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E. Coli outbreak reported in Montgomery County

Montgomery County Health officials say E. coli sickened at least 10 people who ate at a picnic on July 3rd in Germantown, southwest of Dayton. Department spokesperson Bill Wharton says six of the ten were hospitalized. 200 to 300 people attended the customer appreciation picnic at a lawn care business. A physician who treated some of the patients says it's possible they ate from the same contaminated dish. Health officials are trying to track the source of the bacteria. 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.