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Article: NSW: Student dared to eat fatal peanut butter while on camp
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- July 19, 2005
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-19-2005
NSW: Student dared to eat fatal peanut butter while on camp
By Nicole Azzopardi
SYDNEY, July 19 AAP - Accepting a school camp dare proved fatal for Sydney student
Hamidur Rahman.
The 13-year-old, who had a serious allergy to peanuts, was dared to eat a single mouthful
of peanut butter during a camp trivia game challenge on March 20, 2002.
Hamidur, who was among 140 Year 8 students on excursion from Hurlstone Agricultural
High School to Yanco in south-western NSW, suffered a fatal anaphylactic reaction after
eating the peanut butter.
Today, in a statement tendered to an inquest into his death, a school friend said Hamidur
did not want to take ...