Helen Davey, who was 39, was killed when a defective ottoman bed trapped her, according to a coroner's report.

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, who lived in northeastern England and ran a beauty salon,

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.