Devastated family’s drug warning for clubbers after young bank worker dies ‘after taking first ever ecstasy pill’
Will Moss, 22, collapsed outside a club on a night out with pals in Southend, Essex
A FAMILY has urged clubbers not to risk their lives with drugs after a man died from what is thought to be his first ecstasy tablet.
Will Moss, 22, collapsed outside a club after taking a pill.
The bank worker stopped breathing for 25 minutes and his heart was restarted twice but medics were unable to save him.
Mum Lisa wrote on Facebook: “One pill. Once. That’s all it took to take my baby boy from me.”
Just hours after his death, Will’s devastated sister Livvy, 18, wrote: “At 6.38 this morning my brother died.
“He died because of taking a stupid f*****g pill on a night out.
“I ask that everyone seriously assesses their use of drugs.
“It has taken his life at only aged 22.
“My life has been turned upside down.
“Please if you haven’t already today, tell your family that you love them.”
Will's mum Lisa, 52, wrote on Facebook that one pill was 'all it took to take my baby boy from me'
A post mortem is under way and police are investigating “what, if any, drugs were in Will’s system”.
Lisa, 52, of Hockley, Essex, yesterday told The Sun: “It’s all so strange for us, we are a normal family.
“He got up for work every morning, came home, played on his PlayStation. We had no signs.”
Dad Steve, 53, an ex-Bank of England employee now also working for RBS, added: “Will was a funny kid, he had loads of friends.
“We know the bouncers did their absolute best to save him.
“The drug thing is completely out of the blue.”
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Will collapsed at Chameleon nightclub in Southend on Saturday.
An ambulance was called at 1.42am, but medics took 40 minutes to arrive.
Four ambulances then turned up at once.
Luke Baker was with Will, who he called an “amazing friend”.
He said: “I was holding his hand, telling him he’s going to be fine.
“How can it take over 40 minutes for paramedics to arrive?
“This is a life and death situation.”
Pal Abigail Wilson added online: “I’m in bits. He was such a great guy.”
And Terry Aitcheson said: “He was a very well-liked member of a very big team, and a genuinely nice lad.”
An Essex Police spokesman said: “The sad death of the man in his twenties is being investigated by Essex Police as a possible drugs death.
“Tests will be needed to establish what, if any, drugs were in his system when he passed away.”