Woman Dies After Falling Off Mechanical Bull at Rodeo Bar

A bride-to-be died after falling from a mechanical bull she was riding at a bar.

Jessica Lally, 26, went into cardiac arrest after being thrown from the bull at Broncos Rodeo Bar in Sheffield, England, in October last year. She was attending the western-themed establishment with friends.

An investigation by the council concluded the death was not caused by the bull.

Lally's mother Joan told media of the anguish her family has gone through. She also revealed Jessica Lally was due to get married to her partner prior to her death.

"She was such a beautiful girl, so kind and funny and she'd got her whole life planned; they were going to get married," Joan Lally told media.

She continued: "She was just on a night out, she'd not had a lot to drink, they'd been for a meal actually and they called in there afterwards,"

"I don't know why she decided to go on it, she was just having fun I suppose.

"She'd just gone out for a night out and then we had police at the door at midnight.

"We're still going through it now, sometimes we still fall into pieces; it's been heartbreaking."

The general manger of the bar, Christopher Brown, also issued a statement explaining what happened and why the decision was made to close the bar the following week.

"In October there was an incident involving a young lady in our venue who appeared to suffer from a fit and then after receiving medical help, sadly passed away," the statement read.

"From the CCTV the lady in question appeared to be out having a good time with her friends and excited to ride the bull.

"She passed all of our safety checks before mounting the bull, she then very quickly after the ride appeared to have lost consciousness sliding off under her own body weight.

"The bull was going for a matter of seconds while it was moving on the slowest speed. This speed is mainly used for photos and isn't fast enough for people to fall off of normally.

"The venue decided to close the following week allowing our staff to recover from the shock and allowing police and the council do their investigation.

"The council's investigation shows that the cause of death was not related to the bull."

Jessica Lally's cousin, Michael Noone, has set up a GoFundMe page in order to raise money for defibrillators in and around his local community. He highlighted the importance of being able to introduce a defibrillator to someone suffering from a cardiac arrest in a statement on the page. He also announced plans to run 26 half marathons in her memory.

Newsweek has contacted the family for comment.