Teen DIES From Cookie With Peanut Oil | Plymouth teen, 19, dies from COOKIE with peanut oil Teen DIES From Cookie With Peanut Oil | Plymouth teen, 19, dies from COOKIE with peanut oil Teen DIES From Cookie With Peanut Oil | Plymouth teen, 19, dies from COOKIE with peanut oil

A family and community are in mourning after the sudden death of a 19-year-old college student in Plymouth.

Cameron Groezinger Fitzpatrick, 19, died on Friday of a peanut allergy after eating a cookie offered to him by a friend who didn't realize it contained peanut oil or peanut butter.

Fitzpatrick's parents said they do not blame the friend.

"It just was given to them and they thought it was safe to have it. He inquired a few times: do you think it's alright to eat it? You don't smell peanut butter or anything. But somebody who doesn't have nut allergies wouldn't necessarily know," Robin Fitzpatrick said.

Fitzpatrick was a freshman at Bryant University and had just made the dean's list.

His stepfather, Marc Fitzpatrick, said family and friends are shocked.

"He ate peanut oil and it took his life. I shoved peanut butter down my throat like it's nothing. It's so amazing that it can do that to somebody," he said.

Fitzpatrick was at home when he began showing symptoms.

"Within the half hour after that I watched my son suffer awful, awful struggling to breathe and begging for help," Robin Fitzpatrick said.

The teen died at Jordan Hospital after numerous emergency attempts to revive him.

Robin Fitzpatrick cautions anyone with medical concerns or allergies.

"Be your biggest advocate always if you have any kind of an allergy. Please don't take it for granted. Always inquire, always ask, don't just go on other people's say so. Really truly be your biggest advocate," she said.

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