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| Teen dies after sunbed neck injury and stairs fall | |
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| A teenager has died in hospital after cutting his neck open on a sunbed and then falling down the stairs at a flat in South Shields. | |
| Grant Adams, 17, cut his neck on one of the light bulbs when he fell on to the sun bed at the address on South Frederick Street early on Sunday. | Grant Adams, 17, cut his neck on one of the light bulbs when he fell on to the sun bed at the address on South Frederick Street early on Sunday. |
| He was taken to hospital with critical injuries and underwent a five-hour operation. He died on Monday evening. | He was taken to hospital with critical injuries and underwent a five-hour operation. He died on Monday evening. |
| His mum, Amanda Smedley, said she "cannot believe he's gone". | His mum, Amanda Smedley, said she "cannot believe he's gone". |
| Miss Smedley said she found her son, who was an apprentice bricklayer, "in a pool of blood". | Miss Smedley said she found her son, who was an apprentice bricklayer, "in a pool of blood". |
| She said: "He stumbled out of bed, tripped and the bottom of the sunbed tubes went into his neck and when he pulled it out of his neck he stumbled down the stairs. | |
| "My boyfriend tried to keep the blood from pumping out of his neck until the paramedics came." | "My boyfriend tried to keep the blood from pumping out of his neck until the paramedics came." |
| Miss Smedley said his baby girl, which is due in two months, is the "only thing" she has got left of him. | Miss Smedley said his baby girl, which is due in two months, is the "only thing" she has got left of him. |
| She said: "He was a happy-go-lucky fun-loving lad. He was a bricklayer and all he did was work, sleep, work, sleep. | She said: "He was a happy-go-lucky fun-loving lad. He was a bricklayer and all he did was work, sleep, work, sleep. |
| "It's his 18th birthday in two weeks time, he had just bought a car, he's got a baby on the way, he had everything to live for, everything." | "It's his 18th birthday in two weeks time, he had just bought a car, he's got a baby on the way, he had everything to live for, everything." |