A CREWE man is in intensive care and his colleague has died after contracting Legionnaire's disease while on a trip abroad.
The 36-year-old, who has not been named, was the co-driver on a school trip to the Costa Brava in Spain when he and the coach's other driver contracted the disease.
The 36-year-old reported flu-like symptoms on his return and was admitted to Leighton Hospital.
He is now in a critical but stable condition.
The other driver was from Kidsgrove and died after being admitted to North Staffordshire Hospital.
The trip involved 14 fifteen-year-old pupils from a Liverpool school and left for Spain on April 7, returning on April 14.
Legionnaire's disease is a form of pneumonia and contracted by breathing in droplets of contaminated water and it is not spread from person-to-person.
Leighton Hospital deals with around six cases a year and 50 per cent are usually fatal.
The school children have all been tested and given the all-clear.
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