Teen, 18, collapsed and died at home after taking cocaine just hours before, inquest told | The Sun
A TEENAGER collapsed and died at home after taking cocaine at a party, an inquest heard.
Morgan Olphert, 18, was at home when he collapsed to the ground with an abnormal heart rhythm.
Morgan collapsed at his family home in Maesteg, near Bridgend, in June last year.
An inquest heard that the teen could not be saved and was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
Coroner Patricia Morgan said the teenager had taken a "small amount of cocaine" in the hours leading to his death.
She said: "The night before his death Morgan had sourced cocaine and willingly taken a small amount of it at a party.
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"Post-mortem tests showed that the likelihood was that Morgan had suffered a sudden cardiac arrhythmia."
A medical cause of death was given as sudden arrhythmic death in the setting of cocaine use.
There was also a possibility Morgan had an underlying heart condition but tests could not confirm this.
She recorded a narrative conclusion at the inquest in Pontypridd, South Wales.
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Ms Morgan said: "There was a potential role for cocaine in the development of the sudden arrhythmia but it was also possible that there was an underlying cardiac condition which was not identified at post-mortem.
"This death remained largely unexplained despite thorough testing."
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