Tributes paid to bride-to-be who died after night out in Sheffield

The heartbroken mother of woman who died after falling from a mechanical bucking bronco on a night out has paid tribute to her ‘beautiful and kind’ daughter. 

Jessica Lally, 26, died from a cardiac arrest after she fell from the mechanical bull at Bronco’s Rodeo bar in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, last October.    

Her devastated mother Joan has now described the loss of her daughter, who had been planning to marry her partner later this year, as ‘heartbreaking’ and said ‘sometimes we still fall into pieces’. 

Jessica’s family have now launched a fundraising campaign for the installation of more lifesaving defibrillator equipment at public venues as this device could have saved Jessica’s life had one been used sooner.

Joan said her daughter and her friends had been at the Bronco’s Rodeo bar in Sheffield, when tragedy struck.

Tributes have been paid to ‘beautiful’ bride-to-be Jessica Lally, 26, who died from a cardiac arrest after a night out in Sheffield

The bar, an American-themed eatery, has a mechanical bull that customers can ride and Jessica’s mother said that – like many other customers – Jessica decided to give it a go.

Joan said: ‘She was in the Bronco Bar and she went on the ride and fell off and had a cardiac arrest.

‘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.’

Jessica, who worked as a manager for jewellery company Pandora, had been planning to get married to her partner and her mother said that she had ‘her whole life ahead of her’.

She said: ‘She was such a beautiful girl, so kind and funny. She’d got her whole life planned. They were going to get married.

‘She always wrote these fantastic Christmas lists, but that year she’d just put: a house, a ring and a baby.’  

Jessica's mother Joan described the loss of her daughter as 'heartbreaking' and said 'sometimes we still fall into pieces'. Pictured: Jessica Lally

Jessica’s mother Joan described the loss of her daughter as ‘heartbreaking’ and said ‘sometimes we still fall into pieces’. Pictured: Jessica Lally

The incident took place at the American-themed eatery, Bronco's Rodeo bar, in Sheffield, last year

The incident took place at the American-themed eatery, Bronco’s Rodeo bar, in Sheffield, last year

The American-themed eatery has a mechanical bull that customers can ride. Pictured: A person riding the mechanical bull inside the eatery

The American-themed eatery has a mechanical bull that customers can ride. Pictured: A person riding the mechanical bull inside the eatery

More than 550 mourners attended Jessica’s funeral in Kimberworth, Rotherham, following her death last year.

Joan continued: ‘People are still talking about it now, about how many people were walking to church – I think there were about 500 people, we couldn’t get them all into the church.

‘Afterwards, at the local pub, the queue was right up the road to get served for food and drink.’

Jessica’s family are now raising money for lifesaving defibrillator equipment in her memory, as this device could have saved the 26-year-old’s life had one been used sooner.

Joan said: ‘I went down to Rotherham United and the ambulance service were showing me how to use the defibrillator and, knowing that they were trying to do that with Jessica, it caught my imagination.

‘I thought ”what a brilliant idea”, because we haven’t really got any locally. 

‘It’s important, it’s a matter of life and death sometimes, it can save somebody’s life.’

Jessica's cousin Michael Noone, 47, plans to run 26 half-marathons in 12 weeks in an effort to raise money for the family's fundraising campaign

Jessica’s cousin Michael Noone, 47, plans to run 26 half-marathons in 12 weeks in an effort to raise money for the family’s fundraising campaign

The family have raised more than £10,000 so far and Jessica’s cousin, Michael Noone, 47, also plans to run 26 half-marathons in 12 weeks – so one half marathon for every year of Jessica’s life – in an effort to raise more money.

Firefighter Michael said it was vital to have defibrillators on hand so that, if someone went into cardiac arrest, they stood a better chance of surviving.

He said: ‘They eventually did get a defibrillator to help Jessica but there wasn’t one in the premises.

‘I do believe there was a nurse in the bar she was in, so immediately she started to help her and they did eventually get a defibrillator but, unfortunately, she passed away that night. 

‘So it’s been awful really. It was just sudden.’

MailOnline has contacted Bronco’s Rodeo bar in Sheffield for comment. 

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