Hair salon owner 'turns blue' and dies after 'taking cocaine for first time'

Hair salon owner 'turns blue' and dies after 'taking cocaine for first time'Francessca Phillips, 34, suffered a heart attack and began "turning blue" while waiting for an ambulance after trying cocaine at a New Year's Eve partyNewsTim Hanlon News Reporter16:35, 06 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesFrancesca Phillips died after taking cocaine(Image: Isle of Wight County Press/Solent News)A hair salon owner has tragically died after using cocaine for the first time at a New Year ’s Eve party.‌Francesca Phillips, 34, suffered a heart attack after her husband spent £80 to buy a gramme of cocaine as they wanted to 'do something new' to celebrate the new year. And an ambulance took 90 minutes to respond to her husband’s desperate 999 calls, an inquest heard.‌Her husband, Darren, had not used the Class A drug since he was a teenager and Franki had never used it.‌View 3 Images Francesca died of a heart attack(Image: Isle of Wight County Press/Solent News)READ MORE: UK government 'wouldn't use' Donald Trump's language after sweary Iran rantREAD MORE: Doctor explains 'powerful steps' to prevent 'silent' cancer killing 10,200 a yearThe married couple, who had 'no plans' to continue using the drug discussed their worries but decided to go ahead and use it and Franki quickly began feeling ill before turning 'turning blue'.An inquest has now found that the most senior clinician at the time of the incident made decision that were 'difficult to justify' and is now facing a misconduct panel.‌On December 31, 2022 they had a quiet night in playing video games and Franki had three Disaronno and Pepsis.View 3 ImagesThere was a long wait for an ambulance to come after Francesca became ill(Image: Isle of Wight County Press/Solent News)They each snorted two small lines of cocaine about two hours apart and Franki had 'a couple of drags' of her husband's cannabis use. At aroun...