A woman blacked out and stopped breathing as she tried to see how many Jaffa Cakes she could fit in her mouth for a party trick. Mother-of-one Bethan Gaskin got the snacks lodged in her throat as she desperately tried to spit them out.
The 24-year-old collapsed at home in Bourne, Lincolnshire, on Friday, February 22 and was rushed to hospital.
The beauty therapist suffered a heart attack and died five days later at Peterborough City Hospital, the Rutland and Stamford Mercury reports.
Her devastated adoptive mum Michele has today spoken out to warn other people of the dangers of extreme food challenges.
A short time later a friend went to check on Bethan and found her slumped on the bathroom floor. Her desperate mum dialled 999 and one of her friends performed CPR while they waited for the ambulance to arrive.
Bethan was in hospital for five days before doctors realised the extent of her brain damage. The family gathered at her bedside to say their goodbyes on Wednesday, February 27.
Bethan donated her heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas and one of her lungs.
