Mum fell to death down pub cellar while preparing for daughter's birthday party

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A mum died after falling into a pub cellar while helping to decorate a function room for her daughter's 50th birthday party.

Olwen Collier went to the Stag and Pheasant in the village of Carmel, north-west Wales on Thursday, January 12 to begin preparations for her daughter Allison's Raymond's milestone celebrations.

But while there, tragedy struck when Ms Collier was said by her family to have opened a door and stepped in, falling into the cellar and suffering severe head injuries, reports WalesOnline.

The 69-year-old was airlifted to the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff where she sadly died on Monday, January 16.Police undertook initial inquiries into the event, which is now being investigated by Carmarthenshire Council health and safety officers.Ms Collier, who lived in Penygroes, Llanelli, was a well-known face in the Gorseinon area of Swansea, having run Bizzie Lizzies Cafe for three and a half decades.Her daughter explained her family's "disbelief" at what had taken place.