Teen’s sudden death on camping trip likely a result of tick-induced allergy

Australian Community Media

16-year-old Jeremy Webb died on a camping trip with three friends on the NSW Central Coast on June 10, 2022, after eating beef sausages. A posthumous inquest has found he had a lethal allergy to red meat, possibly triggered by a previous tick bite.

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00:00he's also changed so many people's lives as well um yes and

00:08you couldn't you couldn't put his death down to

00:14one person's fault i think it's just a combination of things that intercepted together

00:21um and yeah it unfortunately jeremy's death has been the

00:30catalyst for this inquest but if this catalyst saves at least one more life then

00:37that's done its job with everyone's effort from this involved in this it's so difficult but

00:43i'm sure it's going to save many more lives i've got that confidence now

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