Student, 19, died hours after downing lagers and rum in rugby drinking game at uni
University of Gloucestershire student, Sam Potter died from alcohol toxicity after taking part in a four-hour university rugby club initiation drinking game went wrong
Sam Potter died after a university rugby club initiation drinking game went tragically wrong. (Image: PA)
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Gloucester student died after four-hour drinking game
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image captionSam Potter had 362mg of ethanol per 100ml of blood, with the coroner telling the inquest that anything over 350mg was potentially fatal
A student died after a four-hour university rugby club drinking game.
An inquest heard University of Gloucestershire student Sam Potter died from alcohol toxicity.
The 19-year-old was found dead at a house in the Linden area of Gloucester by teammates in the early hours of 9 May 2019.
His parents said they hoped the problem areas of university sport drinking would improve.
Toxicology tests found Mr Potter, from Hersham, Surrey was the equivalent of more than four-and-a-half times the legal drink-drive limit.
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