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Programmer with peanut allergy ‘asked if he was going to die after eating pizza’

Source: PA Media

A computer programmer with a peanut allergy, who ate a slice of pizza he ordered via Deliveroo, asked paramedics if he was going to die before passing out, an inquest has been told.

James Atkinson, 23, ordered a chicken tikka masala pizza, chips and other Indian dishes with a flatmate, having searched the internet for likely ingredients in certain foods, the inquest in Newcastle was told.

The former student, originally from Leeds, is

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