A man has died from a tooth infection after it spread to his blood and lungs.
Lorry driver Vadim Kondratyuk had complained of toothache when he set
off for New York from his home in California on 17 January.
But on arrival, he phoned his brother to say he was in too much pain and might struggle to make the 2,700-mile trip back home.
“Nobody thought that from a tooth something so big can happen and go
everywhere,” Mr Kondratyuk’s wife Nataliya told the TV station. “I was
crying and his brother was like, ‘he will be ok’.”
After making
it part of the way home, the 26-year-old was in so much pain his brother
took him to hospital in Utah, where doctors said the infection had
spread to his lungs.
His condition quickly deteriorated and he died on Monday with his wife by his side.
Mr Kondratyuk leaves behind two daughters, two-year-old Vanessa and 11-month-old Maya.
“It’s going to be hard with both my kids without a husband,” said Ms Kondratyuk. “Half of me is just taken away.”
