Always sad: 73-year-old dies after E. coli infection at Ohio picnic

A 73-year-old male from the Germantown area has died from complications of E. coli infection.

Sources said Lowell Draffen, former superintendent of a handful of area school districts died Monday night.

Draffen served as superintendent at Mad River Schools and Valley View Schools. Most recently he served as superintendent at Trotwood-Madison Schools. Draffen retired from that district in 2010.

Draffen became ill after eating food served at a July 3 customer appreciation picnic at Neff’s Lawn Care in Germantown. The outbreak has sickened at least 75 people, 14 of whom have been hospitalized. Eighteen cases have been lab-confirmed as E. coli O157 infection.

Two individuals remain in serious condition after developing hemolytic uremic syndrome — a 4-year-old girl and a 14-year-old male.

Picnicker dies after E. coli outbreak: wdtn.com

Ohio E. coli outbreak toll rises to 55; 10 hospitalized

The E. coli O157 outbreak associated with a picnic in Germantown, Ohio has now sickened at least 55 people with 10 in hospital.

Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County officials are asking anyone who got sick after attending the picnic to call (937) 225-4460 to report their illness.

Public health officials have confirmed that five of the people taken ill are infected with E. coli O157.

When picnics go bad; 36 sick, 9 hospitalized in Ohio E. coli O157 outbreak

Neff’s Lawn Care seems like a decent enough company.

But when they decided to thank a couple of hundred customers with a picnic in Germantown, Ohio, things went bad.

Health types in Dayton & Montgomery County say that food served at the picnic led to at least 36 individuals have become ill; of those, nine have been hospitalized. Of the ill, 5 have been confirmed to be infected by E. coli O157.