From Dream Vacation to Tragedy: Family Of British Influencer Inconsolable

COLOMBO (News 1st); The UKs Daily Mail has reported that the family of a young British influencer who died suddenly on the 'holiday of a lifetime' to Sri Lanka are 'inconsolable.'

Ebony McIntosh, 24, was rushed to hospital on Saturday after reportedly being poisoned by pesticides used to kill bed bugs at the hostel where she was staying.

She, and another guest from Germany, died just hours later after being treated for vomiting, nausea and breathing difficulties.

Ebony was the eldest of four daughters and still lived at the family home in Mickleover, Derbyshire.

Ebony had only left the UK for Sri Lanka on January 28, and it was her first stop on a tour of South Asia having spent months planning and researching the trip.

The exact cause of Ebony's death is not known and a post-mortem examination is due to take place to establish the circumstances surrounding it.

But reports in Sri Lanka suggest that Ebony and the unnamed German woman may have been poisoned by noxious pesticides intended to treat bed bugs in an adjacent room 72 hours before she collapsed.

The German woman is understood to have stayed in the same room as Ebony in the Sri Lankan capital - which has now been shut down by investigators.

Source: Daily Mail