A Coachella Music Competition shuttle driver is sharing new particulars after she was considered one of greater than 100 drivers sickened with meals poisoning.
Officers are nonetheless not naming the third-party catering firm that served meals to the drivers final weekend on the Riverside County fairgrounds in Indio.
Blanca Moreno stated she received so sick behind the wheel of her bus, she needed to instantly pull over.
“I used to be driving and I felt like I used to be gonna throw up,” Moreno stated. “As quickly I opened the door, I began throwing up.”
Moreno stated she had Coachella festival-goers on-board her bus after 9 Sunday evening when she began feeling sharp ache in her abdomen.
“I could not take the ache,” she stated. “It was dangerous.”
Simply an hour earlier, she and different drivers ate a catered meal on the Riverside County fairgrounds in Indio.
“It was meatballs and fettuccine pasta, and it had rooster however the rooster did not look too good,” Moreno stated. “After which the salad – it did not look too good both.”
Regardless of the unappetizing look, Moreno ate the meals anyway, saying it appeared to have been refrigerated and tasted superb.
“It was actually soggy however I like salad so I ended up consuming the salad,” she stated. “However the meatballs – I solely ate one and a half.”
Not even 5 minutes into her quick journey carrying guests from the fairgrounds to a close-by lodge, Moreno made the decision for paramedics earlier than being handled at a medical tent. “They gave me a shot for ache, they stated. And so they gave me for nausea, and so they gave me IV,” she stated.
Greater than 40 drivers had been taken to native hospitals with meals poisoning, and greater than 100 reported signs. County public well being officers are investigating however have not named the supply of the dangerous meals.
“It is unhappy what I’ve seen – all these drivers struggling of the ache within the abdomen,” Moreno stated. “I am unable to perceive. So many individuals, so many drivers received unwell It is unhappy!”
Days later, Moreno stated she nonetheless feels painful signs. “My abdomen remains to be so swollen,” she stated.
However even with an upset intestine, Moreno stated she would not blame anyone for the incident.
Riverside County well being officers stated a lot of those that received sick dwell outdoors Riverside County or are from out of the state. They’re searching for interviews with all potential sufferers.
