Overview
- An 11‑year‑old boy collapsed with breathing problems during a school trip lunch and was resuscitated by teachers on June 18 before rescue attempts failed.
- A preliminary autopsy found signs consistent with an anaphylactic shock and noted the boy’s allergy to cow’s milk, but the direct trigger remains unconfirmed while specialist testing is carried out.
- The Hanover public prosecutor on September 29 began formal investigations into two teachers on suspicion of negligent homicide by omission and stressed the suspects are presumed innocent.
- Authorities are focusing on the roughly 20 minutes between a shared lunch and the collapse and on why the child’s adrenaline auto‑injector (Notfall‑Pen) was carried but not administered.
- About 50 fourth graders were kept away from the rescue scene and received care from emergency pastoral workers, and the case is expected to prompt review of medical preparedness and duty‑of‑care rules for school trips.