A heavily
pregnant mother-of-two who decided to sleep on her sofa because she
could not get comfortable died after she fell and hit her head.
Samantha
Hopkins, 29, from Purbrook in Hampshire, was 36 weeks pregnant and
approaching her due date when she suffered bleeding on the brain
following the fall at her home.
She
was found by one of her young sons who ran and told his father, Steven
Collett, Miss Hopkins' partner, who discovered she was unresponsive.
Mr Collett
called paramedics and Miss Hopkins was taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital
but both she and the baby - a little girl - were unable to be
resuscitated.
During
the inquest, held in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Mr Collett said his
girlfriend had taken to sleeping on the sofa due to her pregnancy.
He said she found it more comfortable and on the day she died had moved from the bed into the living room.
In the morning their son found her and told Mr Collett that she was unresponsive.
Mr
Collett found his partner lying on the floor. It is believed she may
have got up off the sofa before falling and hitting her head in October
last year.
Pathologist Dr Adnan Al-Badri said Miss Hopkins died after suffering a subdural haematoma after falling.
Coroner David Horsley said that the death was an accident.
He
said: 'Samantha died due to an accident, a most tragic accident because
it's deprived you all of Samantha, particularly her children and of
another child who also lost their life.
'I do feel so sorry for you all.'
source: daily mail
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