Helen Davey, 39, died when the Ottoman raised mattress platform slammed down, trapping her neck against the bottom of the bed in her home in County Durham

Helen Davey, 39, was 'unable to free herself' when a raised mattress platform suddenly slammed down, pinning her neck against the bed's base

Helen Davey, 39, tragically died when her neck became trapped in a faulty ottoman bed after its gas-lift mechanism failed. Following the incident, a coroner urged the UK Government to address the risks posed by such bed mechanisms to prevent future deaths.

Dennis Thornhill, 78, had been using the vehicle as a makeshift cherry picker to lift up 64-year old Mark Young inside a wooden potato crate to replace cracked roof panel on a packing shed

Senior coroner Jeremy Chipperfield has written to the Government calling for action following Helen Davey's death

The 81-year-old leapt to her death from the 28th story of the luxury Park Regis Apartments in the Upper East Side on Saturday at around 3.30pm.

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An 80 year old woman was found on the floor with her head and arm cut off of her body after falling from her New York City apartment.

Witnesses to the horrific incident have revealed the 80-year-old was found on the floor with her head and arm cut off of her body after falling from her New York City apartment

Witnesses to the horrific incident have revealed the 80-year-old was found on the floor with her head and arm cut off of her body after falling from her New York City apartment