Man died from allergic reaction to nuts in pizza he ordered from Deliveroo, inquest rules
A computer programmer died from a severe allergic reaction after eating less than a slice of a takeaway pizza that he did not know contained nuts, a coroner has ruled.
James Atkinson, 23, and two flatmates ordered three chicken tikka masala pizzas, chips and assorted Indian dishes on the Deliveroo app from the Dadyal restaurant in Howard Street, Newcastle.
Mr Atkinson, a popular Newcastle University graduate who was originally from Leeds, swiftly became ill at his home in Jesmond in July 2020 after eating less than a slice of his pizza. He died around an hour later in hospital.
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