British woman dies after becoming trapped in ottoman-style storage bed
British woman dies after becoming trapped in ottoman-style storage bed
Helen Davey, an English mother of two, died after she leaned over the storage area of the bed before it 'unexpectedly' lowered and pinned her by the neck.
New fear unlocked. That is an absolutely horrible way to die.
8 1 ReplyIs this a locking fridge situation, or a too much weight situation?
If the prior we need to have a talk, if the latter it's a tragedy but only preventable by the practice of the user
4 1 ReplyTry reading the first paragraph of the article, it may have the answers you seek traveler.
10 1 ReplyNeither really. The mechanism intended to hold the storage compartment open failed, and the bed was too heavy for the woman to lift off herself in the limited time before she lost consciousness and then asphyxiated.
6 0 ReplyWeight. One of the pneumatic pistons was bad. And given the position she was probably in she didn't have the leverage to prop it open.
6 0 ReplyIt sounds like she was accessing the storage and it closed on her neck
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Looks at the picture: oh wow what a great idea to save storage space. Reads the title.. oh. Oh no!!
3 0 ReplyHeh. I literally just bought one of these for my office / spare bedroom.
I hope it doesn’t eat me!3 0 ReplyLeave a bag of chips and some water inside so you may last longer.
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Sounds more like an at home guillotine with how it's designed.
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