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Lovejoy Man Dies After Eating Crab Meat At Restaurant

Police Believe Victim Was Served Wrong Meal

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 – updated: 6:53 pm EDT July 8, 2008

A man with a shellfish allergy is dead after eating an entree with crab at a restaurant.

An autopsy Monday confirmed that 35-year-old Rodney Hawkins went into anaphylactic shock and died after eating the dish at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Lovejoy last week. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said Hawkins had ordered a chicken dish that contained no shellfish but was served another chicken dish that contained crab.

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Hawkins immediately began showing symptoms and collapsed at the restaurant, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

But Rick Johnson, spokesman for the Marvyille, Tenn.-based Ruby Tuesday company, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the server's order pad and the kitchen ticket indicate that Hawkins ordered the Chicken Oscar, a dish with crab meat. Johnson called the situation "tragic" and expressed condolences for Hawkins' family.

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