Horror as charity worker, 25, ‘dies falling from motorway bridge in hospital gown’

A CHARITY idiosyncratic reportedly fell to her decease from a motorway span portion wearing a infirmary gown.

Dani Tuohy, 25, was declared dormant astatine the country connected the M20 adjacent Ashford, Kent, connected January 23.

Police were called astatine 12.58pm pursuing reports of a pistillate connected the span soon earlier a "serious collision" took place.

An inquest heard however Dani was wearing infirmary covering that matched the statement of a missing woman.

The charity idiosyncratic volunteered for Guts UK, which fights digestive diseases.

Dani had been diagnosed with gastroparesis, oregon delayed nutrient transit, successful 2018.

She opened up astir her struggles with the illness antecedently and was 1 of a fig of ‘Experts by Experience’ (EBEs) the foundation utilized to amended diligent care.

Dani wrote: "My hobbies nowadays are overmuch much introverted than earlier I got sick and that took a batch of clip to travel to presumption with, and truthful I person a batch of spare clip connected my hands astatine home.

“I wanted to beryllium an EBE due to the fact that I privation bash thing meaningful - and what is much meaningful than volunteering for a foundation that helps beforehand diligent advocation?

“Patient advocation and lasting up against aesculapian gaslighting is thing I americium truthful passionate astir arsenic I person experienced a batch of aesculapian gaslighting since archetypal getting ill.

“I cannot hold to spot wherever being an EBE takes me!"

Floral tributes were near astatine the country for Dani pursuing the tragedy.

One said: “Always successful our memories and loved always.”

A pre-inquest review volition beryllium heard connected April 22 successful Maidstone.

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