Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has claimed the life of a young Worcester-born woman after she flew back from a skiing holiday early because of an injury.

Television executive Sara Newman, aged 29, was recovering from surgery on her knee when she suffered a fit in her London flat, an inquest heard.

She was taken to Chelsea and Westminster hospital on Thursday, March 6, where she was put on a life support machine. The family agreed for this to be turned off the following day.

Miss Newman's boyfriend, David Williams, said her organs had been used to help save the lives of four other people.

Fractured knee

The couple, who had been together for nine years, were on holiday in Canada in February when Sara fell from a chair lift and fractured her left knee.

She was put on an 11-hour flight back to England with blood-thinning medication to prevent clotting.

A few days after arriving home Miss Newman, who worked in PR for the Discovery TV channel, had the fit.

Pathologist Dr Peter Wilkins told Westminster Coroners Court there was evidence of DVT in her uninjured right calf but none in the left - indicating the clot had come loose and travelled to her heart and lung.

Coroner Dr Paul Knapman recorded a verdict of accidental death.

"This was a young woman living life to the full, going skiing and no one would have thought it would have ended in her death," he said.