Shy girl, 18, shares first kiss with boyfriend... then collapses and dies.By Luke Salkeld
A shy teenager collapsed and died minutes after she and a boyfriend kissed for the first time, an inquest heard yesterday.
Keen sportswoman Jemma Benjamin, 18, shared the romantic moment with fellow university student Daniel Ross on their way to his flat.


But after they went inside Miss Benjamin slumped on to the sofa and began to drift in and out of consciousness.
Jemma Benjamin died from the rare cardiac condition SADS - Sudden Adult Death syndrome - which kills 500 people in Britain each year
Jemma collapsed after she and fellow university student Daniel Ross (pictured) kissed
She suffered from the rare cardiac condition SADS, or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, which kills about 500 people in Britain each year, the inquest was told.
Mr Ross, 21, tried to revive her before paramedics arrived, but nothing could have been done, the inquest heard.
He told police that he and Miss Benjamin had been friends for three months, but the evening she died was the first time they had kissed.
He said: ‘It was not a sexual relationship. We saw each other a couple of times a week.
‘We were going to go to a bar for some food and went back to my house for a credit card which I had forgotten.
‘We were talking and ended up kissing by the front door.
‘We went into the kitchen and then the living room and Jemma sat down on the sofa.’
Mr Ross said Miss Benjamin’s eyelids suddenly ‘began to droop’ and her mouth started to froth before she collapsed at his student flat in Pontypridd, South Wales.
He said: ‘I rang her mother to see if she had epilepsy. She fell in and out of consciousness.’ After dialling 999 Mr Ross was given instructions in administering CPR over the phone, but was unable to revive the teenager.
She was dead on arrival at hospital and is believed to have died in the flat. Miss Benjamin had been studying sports science at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, and had hoped to travel the world teaching English and sport.
Her father Dale, 38, said he had believed she and Mr Ross were ‘just friends’. He added: ‘Jemma was very shy and timid.’ She was athletic and sporty but was ‘stressed’ about forthcoming exams in sports science, the hearing was told.
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