The forty-nine year old headteacher of Inglewood Infant School of Harraby, Alison McKeown, fell victim to a brain haemorrhage on May 5th. Mrs. McKeown collapsed and then died. Another staff member found her and contaced an ambulance. Alison McKewon was originally sent to intensive care at Cumberland Infirmary. However, she was then transferred to the Newcastle General Hospital Neurological intensive care. Mrs. McKeown's time of death was 3 a.m on May 9th. 
Alison McKeown is just one of the approximate 8,000 people in the UK who suffer from brain haemorrhages a year. A brain haemorrhage is usually caused by a weakness in the wall of one of the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain, which is called a brain aneurism. A brain haemorrhage occurs when the wall of the blood vessel tears because of high bood pressure and causes blood to burst into the surrounding tissues. Smokers and people with high blood pressure are the ones who are at the most risk of being affected by the disease.