Woman, 64, dies after collapsing in Wetherspoons beer garden in major Scots city
A WOMAN has died after collapsing in a Wetherspoons beer garden as she checked out of a hotel.
Emergency services raced to the White Lady hotel and pub in the capital’s Corstorphine area after the alarm was raised at around 3.55pm.
Officers confirmed they were called out due to a “medical matter” on St John’s Road where the boozer is situated.
A 64-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.
A spokesperson for Wetherspoon confirmed she had passed away in the pub’s beer garden after checking out of the hotel facilities.
She had been staying in the Wetherspoon-owned hotel since Sunday but had not been served at the pub today.
The boozer was closed and customers were evacuated until CID allowed punters to return at around 6.30pm.
Witnesses said around six police vehicles and two ambulances attended as the business was locked down for around three hours.
Cops later confirmed there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.
A report will sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 3.55pm on Friday, 13 December, 2024, we were called to assist with a medical matter in the St John’s Road area of Edinburgh.
“A 64-year-old woman was pronounced dead a short time later.
“There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and a report will be forwarded to the Procurator Fiscal.”
A spokesperson for Wetherspoon said: “Wetherspoon can confirm that a lady passed away in the pub’s beer garden.
“The lady collapsed in the beer garden. She had not been served in the pub today.
“Paramedics arrived within two minutes but couldn’t revive her and she was pronounced dead at 4pm.
“The pub was closed and customers asked to leave, with a member of staff remaining on site to handle the situation.
“The lady had been staying in the pub’s hotel since Sunday but had checked out this morning.
CID advised that the pub could re-open, and it did so at 6.30pm.
“Wetherspoon and all staff at the pub send their condolences and sympathy to the family and friends of the lady.”