Cherish Bean, 15, and Ethan Slater, 17, died while on a family holiday in East Yorkshire.
Devon Andrews, pictured with her daughter Cherish and her daughter's boyfriend, Ethan Slater, says "the law needs to be more specific" The mother of a teenage girl who died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning is calling for tougher regulation of CO monitors in holiday lets.
Cherish Bean, 15, and her boyfriend Ethan Slater, 17, both from Sheffield, died during a family holiday at Little Eden Holiday Park, near Bridlington, in February. An inquest held earlier this year has not yet delivered a conclusion, but the coroner said there was reason to suspect the deaths were due to "carbon monoxide poisoning". Humberside Police said four people had been bailed as part of the investigation.
Devon Andrews said: "If I can save just one child - imagine I saved a life in Cherish's and Ethan's name - it would be worth it.
" Cherish and Ethan had been on holiday with Cherish's family and had all spent the evening together the night before they died. Cherish had left the main family lodge before 21:00 GMT for a neighbouring smaller cabin, where she was staying with Ethan, but returned 10 minutes later complaining of a headache, Her mother gave her some medication and Cherish later went back to her cabin where she texted her mother saying "goodnight, love you" before going to bed.
The next morning, Andrews discovered them unresponsive and called emergency services. She has now started a petition calling for greater public awareness about whether existing regulations and safety requirements go far enough to protect holidaymakers.
"Every single building in the UK should have a carbon monoxide monitor. Her petition calls for all holiday accommodation to "install and maintain working carbon monoxide alarms, with mandatory regular safety checks and proper enforcement". It has almost 8,000 signatures, with Andrews vowing to "walk the length of the country" to help it hit the 100,000 target needed for a debate in parliament.
Andrews has also set up the Cherish and Ethan Forever Foundation to raise awareness about the "silent killer" - so called because you cannot smell, see or taste it. The 32-year-old, who is also mum to Harmony, 10, and Arlo, two, said she wanted families and children to be aware of its symptoms and dangers. She added: "They did everything together...this cannot be the end of Cherish and Ethan's story. "
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