Tragic bacterial infection kills man in 3 hours

Published March 31st, 2025 - 07:46 GMT
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Pete Hynes and his wife. (Facebook)

ALBAWABA - In a tragic incident, a man named Pete Hynes died from a bacterial infection that took his life within 3 hours, The Sun reported.

According to his wife, Hynes, 40, went for a 'lie down' one Saturday morning in December 2022 after suffering a sudden earache, but his condition collapsed very fast leading to his death.

The British newspaper, Daily Mail confirmed that the man was transferred to a local hospital, where tests revealed was infected with the deadly bacterial infection, "meningococcal meningitis".

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Doctors tried all methods they could to save the man who has three kids, but he died within three hours, The Mirror revealed.

His wife, Lou Hynes, said: "We could never have known that our lives were to forever change from that day onwards."

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