Boy dies during maths exam

21st May 2004, 1:00am

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Boy dies during maths exam

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An 11-year-old boy died after he collapsed while sitting a Sats tes at his primary school. Leslie Elkington, a pupil at Shield Row school in Stanley, County Durham, fell ill during a maths test last week.

An inquest into his death has been opened and adjourned.

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