One person has died and nine others were hospitalised after an outbreak of botulism from eating broccoli. Loading audio...

Musician Luigi Di Sarno, 52, collapsed and died after buying a broccoli and sausage sandwich from a kiosk in Diamante, Calabria in southern Italy.

Two 17-year-olds and two women in their 40s are in intensive care at Annunziata hospital in Cosenza.

Mr Di Sarno was driving back to his home in Napoli when he reported feeling unwell - before stopping near Lagonegro in Potenza. He pulled over in the small town of Basilicata. Emergency services rushed to the scene but Mr Di Sarno died before making it to hospital.

The outbreak has been tracked to a shipment of broccoli preserved in oil.

Other customers besides his family are said to have fallen ill after eating from th

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