A malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on a British woman, trapping her neck against the side of the bed and asphyxiating her, according to a coroner's report obtained by USA TODAY on Monday.

Helen Davey, who lived in northeastern England and ran a beauty salon, died in June as she “was leaning over the storage area of an Ottoman-styled ‘gas-lift’ bed,” coroner Jeremy ...

Helen Davey, 39, was killed at her home in the harbor town of Seaham in June when a defective piston in a gas-lift ottoman bed caused the bed to fall, Jeremy Chipperfield, senior coroner for ...