Woman dies of suffocation after getting stuck in trunk bed in United Kingdom

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Helen died in June, but a few days ago British authorities raised the alarm about the case and called on owners of the popular chest beds to focus on providing more storage options at home. Such furniture has a structure below the mattress, they usually use a hydraulic system, so that things can be stored without taking up too much space in the room.

British authorities explained that there was a problem with the hydraulic system in Helen’s trunk bed – as a result, the system “unexpectedly” fell on the British woman, “trapping her neck on the upper surface of the side panel of the bed floor”, detailed Chipperfield .

“Unable to free himself, he died of asphyxiation. One of the two gas lift pistons had malfunctioned,” highlighted the autopsy report published in international media such as CNN and The Guardian.

According to local newspaper The Northern Echo, Helen was found lifeless by her daughter Elizabeth, who began CPR but noticed her mother was not breathing.

– I went up the stairs, the door to my mother’s room was open and I saw her lying on her back with her head under the bed – Elizabeth told the court. – Her legs bent as if she was trying to stand up. Dropping everything I had, I tried to lift the top of the bed off his head. It was very heavy (…) I noticed that its face was blue with a light mark on the neck of the system. I managed to pull her through. I was afraid she was dead because she didn’t make a sound.