Devoted mum took her own life after argument
‘ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING LOSS OF DEDICATED MOTHER’
A HULL woman had to be rescued after falling down a hill while walking along the North York Moors
Yorkshire Ambulance Service had to call on the Cleveland Mountain Rescue to help rescue the woman who was then taken to hospital.
The Hull woman, her son and a friend were walking along the Cleveland Way at Scarth Nick, between Osmotherley and Swainby, just after 4pm on Friday when the accident happened.
Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team posted details of the incident on its Facebook page.
The operation involved 16 members of the team, alongside paramedics and an air ambulance crew.
It said: “We were contacted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 4.16pm on Friday with a request to assist them on the Cleveland Way at Scarth Nick between Osmotherley and Swainby.
“A walker had fallen down a hill and needed medical attention for injuries received.
“A Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter was also deployed.
A NEW mum who “put family at the forefront of her life” took her own life after an argument with her husband.
Alisia Collinson died in her Bridlington home aged 29 on November 18 last year, leaving behind her then 11-year-old daughter and four-month-old son she shared with her husband Lewis.
At the inquest into her death, Hull Coroner’s Court heard how Mrs Collinson had suffered from postnatal depression after the birth of their first child, but that the pair “craved” another baby and were delighted when they found out she was pregnant again.
In a statement to the court, Mr Collinson said they had been together for 15 years and married for eight, and had met while Alisia was babysitting for someone he knew.
She had sent him a Valentine’s card and he phoned to ask her out, before calling straight back to ask if she would like to go on a dog walk there and then.
He said the story of their first date was one of their favourites to tell, ending with Mr Collinson’s father spotting Alisia – whom he did not know at the time – standing outside a supermarket with his dog while his son was inside the shop.
The court heard they quickly became a close-knit family, with Mrs Collinson working for her new boyfriend’s mum within six weeks of them going out.
They married six weeks after Mr Collinson proposed and he said they were a “dream team”.
The court heard that Mr Collinson had reported “no signs” of post-natal depression in his wife after the birth of their son in July 2019 and that she was “very child orientated”.
He said she and her daughter were the “very best of friends” and he and Mrs Collinson had planned to have more children in the future.
The court heard that Mrs Collinson was “outwardly confident” but that she suffered from anxiety and took antidepressants, as well as painkillers for a bone disorder.
Mrs Collinson had been suffering with tiredness before her death and the court heard on November 18 last year she had woken up with a headache after a disturbed night.
Mr Collinson had arranged to help a friend move house that day, but she said she did not want her husband to go.
Mrs Collinson took her daughter to school and the pair had a sandwich together and made sure the baby was settled before he went out.
He told the inquest that normally after an argument, he would drive around the block and go back to check on her, but this time he did not and went straight out at around 12.30pm.
He said he wished he had gone back.
After getting no replies to any of his texts, he went back to their house at around 1.35pm and found that she had taken her own life.
Though there were no signs of life, medics rushed her to Scarborough General Hospital, but she was officially pronounced dead there at 2.52pm.
The inquest also heard from Mrs Collinson’s friend, whom she had worked with and whom had known her for around three years.
He said she was “very family orientated” and that she specifically “did not mind” the sleep deprivation and other issues commonly associated with having young children.
He said she had a “traditional view of her role as a home-maker” and kept an “immaculate” house.
“Her whole family meant to world to her,” he added.
He last saw her in a chance meeting outside a doctor’s surgery five weeks before she died, where he said she was “very excited” and showing off photos of her new baby and speaking about her daughter.
He said he was “very shocked” by her death and that they had an agreement where either one could call the other if they were in need, but that she had not contacted him on the day she died.
Assistant coroner Lorraine Harris concluded that Mrs Collinson’s death was the result of suicide.
“She had made comments about a lack of sleep and was trying to get advice about it affecting her mental health,” she said.
“But she was a new mother and had told one of her friends that she seemed to be able to cope with the lack of sleep that is obviously an issue for any new mum.”
She extended her condolences to her family for the “absolutely devastating loss of a dedicated mother who put family at the forefront of her life”.
“It was obvious she saw that role as a wife and mother as the most important in her life and her family and all those who cared for her have my sincere condolences,” she said.