A pensioner died after trapping her leg in a stairlift on the way to get a cup of tea.
Jacqueline Ann Whitehead, 73, lay helpless for 15 hours before she was found at home in Bolton, Greater Manchester.
The pressure caused rapid muscle breakdown and she died in Royal Bolton Hospital shortly before midnight on 11 June.
Despite using the stairflift to get up the stairs, it is thought Mrs Whitehead then decided to go back down for a cup of tea, and as she attempted to get out of the seat, she slipped and trapped her leg.
She developed metabolic acidosis, caused by intense pressure and rapid breathing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2412652/Pensioner-73-died-getting-leg-caught-stairlift-remaining-trapped-15-hours.html
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