Mum-of-two dies from epileptic fit while bathing children who then put themselves to bed thinking she was asleep - Mirror

A young mum-of-two tragically collapsed and died after suffering an epileptic fit while bathing her two children.

Jamie Leigh Twidale, 24, was found slumped over the bathtub the next day after four-year-old Harley and three-year-old Skyelar failed to turn up for school .

The youngsters thought their mother was asleep and climbed naked into her bed at their home in Hartlepool, Co Durham.

The children's grandmother Elizabeth Twidale was called by the school after they couldn't get an answer from Jamie Leigh and she went round to the house to check on them.

When she got to the home on October 31, she found her daughter slumped over the bath and the children undressed in their mother's room.

Elizabeth said: "The school had tried to ring Jamie, but couldn't get an answer. They knew about her epilepsy and called me.

"When I got to the house I could see the kids' uniforms ready and it was really quiet.

"I was shouting for Jamie, but couldn't get an answer.

"I went up the stairs and could see Harley wasn't in his room, and when I turned I could see into the bathroom and saw Jamie slumped over the bath."

Elizabeth said the children then came out of the bedroom of the house but thought their mummy had just been sleeping.