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'She was planning her 18th birthday': Teen plunged 4 storeys to death in prank gone tragically wrong, states inquest

Teenager Danielle Maragh plunged 4 storeys down headfirst to her death in a prank that went tragically and horribly wrong

Danielle Maragh had climbed through a ceiling skylight when she plunged headfirst from the roof of her family home only three days after she celebrated her 17th birthday, heard the inquest into her untimely death. The student had been revising for her driving theory test in the attic room which she shared with her sister Shauna when the tragedy took place on April 9. 

The coroner ruled on September 4 that Danielle was attempting to stage a prank using her sister's iPhone and fell. She was discovered unresponsive by her father Charles Maragh who could only detect Danielle's breathing by putting his hand in her mouth. Paramedics were called at around 8:58 pm but Danielle was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:33 pm. Charles told the St. Pancras Coroner's Court that his daughter's room had a skylight window which Danielle would have needed a ladder to get access to.