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brain-eating amoeba

Toddler Killed by Brain-eating Amoeba From City Splash Pad That Wasn’t up to Code: Lawsuit

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A Texas couple filed a lawsuit on Monday, weeks after their 3-year-old son died from a brain-eating amoeba he reportedly contracted from a public splash pad. Tariq Williams and Kayla Mitchell filed a negligence lawsuit against the city of Arlington. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that their son, Bakari Williams, died on September 11 of …

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September 17, 2019

Little girl dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba while swimming in river, family says

A Texas girl died on Monday, days after she was reportedly infected with a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a river in her backyard. A relative told KBMT that they believe Lily Mae Avant, 10, contracted the deadly amoeba during Labor Day weekend while swimming in the Brazos River, which is located behind her Whitney …

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