Teen With Peanut Allergy Dies After Eating S'more And Going Into Anaphylactic Shock

Sixteen-year-old Simon Katz didn’t know that the s’more passed to him at a homecoming bonfire had peanut butter in it. The junior, who is allergic to peanuts, took only one bite of the treat before he became ill, went into anaphylactic shock, and died.

Katz had previously eaten peanuts by accident, but his father told The Denver Post that the “incidents ended with an emergency room visit, some epinephrine, and he was good to go.”

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