Heartbreak as 'popular' man dies in mum's arms after collapsing on night out

David Clarke was found by a taxi driver who attempted to revive him with CPR

A man sadly died after he collapsed on a night out. David Clarke has been described as 'popular' and 'caring' by his devastated loved ones.

The 32-year-old, from Stoke, had travelled to Liverpool with a friend before collapsing in a doorway in the early hours of November 19. His mum, Pamela Williams, rushed to hospital where she made the agonising decision to remove his life support days later on November 22.

He passed away minutes later in his mum's arms. Pamela said: "Dave and his friend booked into the Adelphi Hotel for two nights, his friend left on the Saturday morning.

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"Dave decided to stay on his own as he didn't want to lose a night's money from the hotel. On the Saturday night, my son rang me, he was upset, he was still in his bed in the hotel and felt alone and upset.

"I said to him, Dave, either come home or go out and enjoy yourself. He must have taken the second option. Dave was last seen on CCTV standing in a doorway at 4am on Sunday morning talking to a passers-by. The passers-by left and Dave sat down in the doorway.

"At 6am a taxi driver, seeing that Dave was in distress stopped and started CPR. He rang the emergency services who swiftly arrived and continued CPR. Sadly, it was 20 minutes before they got any response."

She continued: "We were contacted by Stoke-on-Trent police on Sunday afternoon and rushed to Liverpool Royal, we stayed until Wednesday, showering Dave with love and kisses, within this time, he had lots of friends and family who made there way to Liverpool to visit Dave and to offer us love and support."

David died in his mum's arms nine minutes later, StokeonTrentLive reports. "I want to thank critical care, Pod D, for the love, care and dignity they not only showed my son, but showed all our family," she said. "From setting up chairs to sleep on, supplying us with food, and 24 hour tea and coffee."

Pamela said she also would like to find the taxi driver who found David and attempted to revive him. "I would love to thank him for his quick thinking and initiating CPR, allowing us three extra days to say goodbye to Dave," she said.

In a tribute to his life, she continued: "David was born on April 22, 1991. I had to have him christened as he was on life support with a condition called severe respiratory stress syndrome. Nothing worked until we were offered a guinea pig trial for him.

"He came on leaps and bounds and four weeks later we were able to take our little bundle home. David was hyperactive most of his life, he was a lovely little boy, funny, but hard work for us as parents.

"David's last place of work was GXO for M&S. I, his mother, am a manager on the night shift and he was a fork lift truck driver on the same shift. He had a massive impact on everyone on our warehouse since day one. I've even been told by another manager, if he felt down he would go to find Dave and he would cheer him up.

"On Thursday, November 16 and Friday, November 17 he dressed as Pudsey for Children In Need and raised over £150 with his friend Dan."

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with funeral costs. You can view this here.