Family's meningitis awareness campaign 10 years after son's fatal collapse at festival.
Jo Towler with her son Ollie Towler-Jones who collapsed while at the Latitude festival and died from meningitis
His mother, Jo Towler, from Norwich, said her son, who was 18, had been sleeping off what he thought was a hangover when he lost all feeling in his legs and turned a greyish-purple colour. "He must have been petrified. He was just a typical teenager, starting life, and looking to have some fun. He loved Latitude."
"I just don't want anyone else to ever have to go through what Ollie went through," said Ms Towler of her only child."Teenagers and young people like Ollie are at an increased risk," he said.
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