A woman has gotten herself killed after gulping down an outrageous volume of vodka during a holiday.
Summa and her daughter
Summa Simmonds, an Australian mum who collapsed and died after reportedly downing 27 glasses of vodka during a holiday with pals in Bali was a “beautiful soul”.
According to The Sun UK, Summa Simmonds, 38, was staying in a luxury villa complex on the Indonesian island with two friends who desperately tried to save her after she collapsed in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Police said Summa – named by news.com.au – started vomiting and fainted, with her pulse becoming weak and her face and lips turning blue.
Now pals in Australia have shared their grief online, saying they were “numb with shock” and paying tribute to the “angel”.
Christina Munce wrote: “Such a beautiful soul, sending my heart felt condolences to the Mannings… God speed to get this angel home.”
Sue Dixon said: “I’m so numb, can’t believe that a beautiful soul has been taken away so soon.
“Love to the whole family, we are thinking of you all in this time of shock and grief.”
Friends tried to resuscitate her, and a doctor was called at around 12.13am but the woman died by the time emergency services arrived, reports news.com.au.
Friends tried to resuscitate Summa after she collapsed but she died before emergency services arrivedPolice said they had not yet confirmed why Summa, from Cairns, North Queensland, died, but they suspect she had alcohol poisoning.
They said she drank 21 glasses of vodka with friends, aged 46 and 20, at their villa at around 9pm, followed by another six glasses later that evening.
North Kuta police chief Pius Pebri Aceng Loda told news.com.au there were no signs of violence and officers were waiting for a post-mortem to confirm the cause of death.
Loda said there was no indication of methanol poisoning, which normally results from drinking locally-produced arak spirit which has killed tourists in the past.
Summa reportedly headed to her own villa at the Peppers Seminyak complex to get some money as she was planning to go out, but collapsed.
North Kuta police crime section chief Ika Prabawa said police were still investigating the cause of death.
He said: “We are still investigating. Based on witnesses she drank vodka and when she came back to her villa she fainted and died.”
He said police had examined the victim’s villa, as well as her friend’s villa where she was drinking, and found empty vodka bottles.
Police are waiting for the family’s approval to carry out an autopsy to uncover the cause of death.