A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.

A 39-year-old mother of two was killed in a freak mishap when a folding Ottoman bed clamped down on her neck and asphyxiated her, according to a newly released coroner’s report. Helen Davey, a beauty salon owner in northeast England,

A "defective" Ottoman-style bed caused the death of a woman after it fell and trapped her, according to a coroner's report. Helen Davey, 39, was leaning over the bed's storage area when its gas-lifted section came down.