A 22-year-old Newport man died after drinking alcohol at a party with friends.
Daniel Cripps, of Maesglas, met friends at a house in Allt-yr-Yn on Saturday night and downed shots of vodka during drinking games with the group.
The game eventually ended, but a while later he complained he felt unwell and an ambulance was called around 1am on Sunday.
His father Michael Cripps, 42, said friends watched as paramedics checked his son’s blood sugar levels, which were normal, and as he was awake and talking, they advised him to sleep it off.
But around 30 minutes later a friend noticed he was unconscious and vomiting and they dialled 999.
They put him into the recovery position while they waited for an ambulance but he was pronounced dead on arrival at Newport’s Royal Gwent Hospital.
It is unknown how much alcohol Daniel had to drink that night.
Post mortem results revealed he died after choking on his own vomit, which also caused pneumonia.
His family are now warning of the dangers of binge drinking and urging people to drink responsibly.
His father said: “Wherever he went out he always took four cans of lager and that would be his limit.
”He was not normally a binge drinker. He did like to have a drink, but by no means was he abusive with drink.”
Daniel’s uncle Raymond Cripps, 47, said: “This should serve as a warning to others. His death won’t be in vain if it stops other people doing it.”
Mr Cripps is also questioning why his nephew wasn’t taken to hospital when paramedics first visited the house.
He said: “If they had taken him to hospital he could have survived, because they could have done something to help him.
“When you call an ambulance it’s for a reason. He should have been taken to hospital.”
The former Bettws Comprehensive School pupil, who had two sisters, Aimee, 23 and Molly, nine, was a keen football player and aspiring model, who was otherwise fit and healthy.
His father described him as a “promising young star” and a “well loved boy” and said the family was devastated by his death.
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