A 39-year-old British woman fatally suffocated when her "defective" bed closed up on her as she was looking inside of it this summer, according to recently released coroner’s findings

An Ottoman bed killed a mother of two after it collapsed on her neck and she suffocated. A coroner has issued a warning after Helen Davey, 39, died in a freak accident in June, when her opened bed fell shut on her unexpectedly as she was leaning over the exposed base.

A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.

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

A mother-of-two has died after her ottoman bed collapsed on her head and suffocated her. Helen Davey, 39, was killed whilst leaning over the storage area of the bed when the mattress fell unexpectedly,

Helen Davey was leaning over the storage area of an Ottoman-styled bed when the mattress platform suddenly fell

A 39-year-old mother of two died after a motorized ottoman bed fell on her neck in northern England. Helen Davey’s lifeless body was discovered by her daughter, who told the Northern Echo

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