Tragedy as 'amazing' mum, 32, dies after taking half a pill at a music festival
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn 'amazing' mum tragically collapsed and died after she was seen taking half an ecstasy tablet before going to a music festival.
Stephanie Thorpe, who was originally from Farnworth in Bolton, met with friends at a pub in Blackburn on Saturday, June 25 last year ahead of the Restricted Forest Festival at Witton Park.
Her friends saw her take half of the tablet before the group made their way to the event, Lancs Live reports. The 32-year-old mum, who leaves behind her partner Carl and their baby boy Alfie, was dancing and enjoying the music but collapsed at around around 6.30pm that evening.
Tragically, her temperature had risen to 41.6C - with her core temperature two degrees higher. READ NEXT: Tragedy of mum who died in Turkey after weight loss surgery she 'so desperately wanted and needed' Her condition was 'unsurvivable' and Stephanie sadly passed away at the Royal Blackburn Hospital.
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