Mum-of-14 dies after falling off scooter and concussion mistaken for being drunk
A much-loved mother-of-14 has tragically died after falling off an electric scooter in a horror accident.
Angeline Bryan, aged 47 years, suffered the fatal head injury while try to help a friend move house. Friends of the popular mother have today started up a fund-raising campaign to collect enough money to give her a decent funeral and a wake to give her a good send off.
Friends told how the busy mum fell off the privately-owned e-scooter onto concrete and hit her head - but had no idea at the time that it caused an injury that would lead to her death. "She got up and carried on, although she complained of a headache over the next couple of days," said her daughter, Jaymi Andrews.
The accident happened in Nottingham, where Angeline, who was also a grandmother of six, had gone to help a friend move house. On the third day, her headaches became worse and she began acting strangely. Her friend was so concerned that she called an ambulance in the evening.
"They didn't take my mum to hospital. They left her where she was and said they thought she was drunk. However, she wasn't drunk - it was because of the head injury she didn't even know she had," said Jaymi. The following morning Angeline's condition had deteriorated even more. The friend called the ambulance service again and this time paramedics took her to hospital.
Baby boy has spent his life in hospital as doctors are 'scared' to discharge him
She was on her way to help her friend move house (Angeline Bryan/Facebook)"They gave her scans and found out she had four bleeds on the brain, caused by the fall from the scooter. They performed surgery to try to drain the bleed and put her in a coma and kept scanning her to see what was happening," added Jaymi. "On the fifth day, Angeline suffered a massive stroke. She was put on a life support machine but sadly did not recover."
Her children, aged between five years and 29 years, have been left without a mum and are being cared for by older siblings and relatives in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
"It was such a shock to us all," said Jaymi. "This devastating accident has left us all heartbroken and lost. Mum was our queen. She was there for all of us and her grandchildren. Everyone who knew our mum knew she was there for everyone, and would put strangers before herself every single time.
"Mum made things happen, it didn't matter what anyone was struggling with, she would figure out a way to help anyone whose paths crossed. She was a funny, kind and beautiful person inside and out and she will be so missed by so many people."
Jaymi has launched a GoFundMe page in a bid to raise £6,000 to pay for her mum's funeral.
"We so desperately want to give her a nice send off and, as a family, we are asking for donations towards her funeral and wake," she said. "Thank you for reading and from the bottom of our hearts we appreciate everything, no matter how big or small."
Jaymi, at 29 years old, is the eldest of Angeline's children. The others are Alisha aged 26, Kaya, 25, Atlanta, 23, Luna, 22, Zane, 21, Donnel, 20, Eniola, 19, Pharrell,18, Donte,16, Romeo, 14, Lolade, 13, Evelyn, eight, five-year-old Kal-el.
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