Boy's choking death 'could have been prevented'

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published May 26, 2023

The death of a young boy with special needs, who choked on a nectarine stone while at school, would have been prevented had he been better supervised, an inquest has found.

Coroner Ian White said Lucas Latouche Mazzei was left unsupervised for an unacceptable period. (Kelly Barnes/AAP PHOTOS)

Five-year-old Lucas Latouche Mazzei died in March 2017 after choking on the stone at Adelaide's Henley Beach Primary School.

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