Man Dies From Caffeine Overdose After Collapsing In Essex Street

A 25-year-old man died from a caffeine overdose after becoming severely unwell and disoriented in a Colchester street, an inquest in Essex has heard.
Alfie Goddard had purchased caffeine capsules online and taken them before he became distressed. He was later found walking barefoot, behaving erratically and vomiting blood.
Toxicology Found Fatal Caffeine Levels
Essex Coroner’s Court heard that toxicology testing detected a concentration of caffeine in Goddard’s body that was “well within the fatality bracket” associated with caffeine-related deaths.
Goddard was living in supported accommodation at International House in Colchester at the time. On the day of his death, he was repor...