27 year old Alice Burton Bradford of Brighton, died in her garden after drinking alcohol on an empty stomach which triggered a rare reaction. She suffered from alcoholic ketoacidosis where the metabolic complication can be triggered from drinking on an empty stomach. Her friends confirmed that she wasn’t an alcoholic but a fitness fanatic. She died in her garden even before she could be taken to a hospital on June 1.
Her friend Aaron Mulvay, 30, who had known her for eight years, is calling for more information about the condition to prevent similar tragedies. He said: 'It was absolutely a horrible shock. No-one expected it at all. Just three weeks before she died, she had cycled over to say hello at a distance. I had never even heard of alcoholic ketoacidosis until she died. We're not sure how much she had been drinking that weekend, but she was not an alcoholic. 'She had not eaten enough and it had triggered an acid in her stomach. It was just so sudden - she didn't even have to go to hospital but had gone out into her garden and passed away there. It's so tragic as she was such a young age.'
Mr Mulvay, from Rottingdean, a former colleague of Alice said, 'We worked together for four years at The Font but after she left we remained really good friends. We used to love going to festivals together, like the Wildlife Festival in Shoreham.” Mr Mulvay, has raised £979 so far in a crowdfunding campaign for a memorial bench. He said: 'None of us were able to go to Alice's funeral so we want to put up a memorial to say our own goodbyes’
