Dad choked to death on McDonald's cheeseburger in 'drunken prank gone wrong'

A dad choked to death as he tried to eat a McDonald's cheeseburger in one mouthful as a joke, an inquest has heard.
Prankster Darren Bray, 29, blacked out as stuffed the 99p burger into his mouth on a night out with friends.

The hearing was told Darren told friends: "Watch this" as he squashed the burger in half and put it in his mouth.
 
But father-of-three Darren went "blue" in front of two friends and started choking on the cheeseburger.

 He picked up the burger and rolled it half and then said "watch this" before putting the whole burger into his mouth.

"I could see him trying to cough it up and he was making horrible coughing noises.
"I tried to hit his back to help him clear his airway."
The inquest heard that the dad from Barry, South Wales performed the stunt as a joke after drinking beer.

Paramedics were called but were unable to restart his heart after attempting CPR. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dr Rhiannon Trefor told Cardiff Coroner's Court that Darren died from a blockage to his airway.

She said: "When we did an internal examination there was a eight by five centremetre ball of food stuck at the back of his neck.