A schoolgirl lay dead on her bedroom floor for nine and a half hours while police and ambulance staff reportedly "argued" over who should transport her to the hospital. Lucy Grant, aged 17, tragically passed away at her residence in Johnstone following a seizure on April 15. Diagnosed with epilepsy just over a year prior, Lucy had experienced debilitating seizures preventing her attendance at school.

The family of the teenager expressed their shock over the sudden loss but are now dealing with additional "traumatised" due to disagreements between the emergency services about the removal of Lucy's body from the home. Her mother, Lynette Anderson, 44, lamented: "An ambulance arrived but it was clear nothing could be done for Lucy. Then the police were called."

Describing the harrowing experience, she continued, "What happened next was a nightmare. My baby girl lay on her bedroom floor for nine and a half hours while the emergency services argued with each other as they couldn't agree on who should take her away," reports the Daily Record.

Anderson recounted her own despair: "At one point, I collapsed in the garden on my knees. I was crying and screaming. I was clearly in distress."

She added, "But they stood in the street fighting and causing a scene in front of the neighbours during the worst moment of my life." The grieving mother revealed, "Lucy's brother and one of her sisters also watched the whole ordeal. We are all traumatised." The situation deteriorated as Lucy's condition visibly worsened: "During this time, we watched as fluid started to come out of Lucy's nose and mouth. But they wouldn't even let me clean her face."

Anderson sorrowfully concluded, "I just lay on the floor outside her bedroom door." Lynette recounted a harrowing ordeal where emergency services bickered over whether Lucy was an adult or a child to decide who should transport her – a debacle that only concluded when a chief detective showed up and promptly requisitioned a private ambulance.

She further detailed how police officers visited their home the following day, extending apologies for the mismanagement of Lucy's situation and notifying them of an impending probe into the fiasco. The tragic sequence of events unfolded when Lynette and her husband Stuart, 38, realised Lucy was unresponsive around 10am on the fateful day. In a frantic attempt, they performed CPR on their daughter until a first responder took the reins, but tragically, the teenager could not be revived.

Lynette lamented: "She was already blue and quite stiff when we started to do CPR while calling 999. I knew she was gone, but I didn't want it to be true. We are all broken. I keep waking up and realising she's not here and I don't know if we will be able to stay in this house after what happened."

Lucy's memory lives on through her grieving family, which includes parents Lynette and Stuart, her sisters Rebecca, Alex, Caitlin and Georgia, and her brother Ollie. Officials have acknowledged the necessity of a thorough review of the incident, although the case hasn't yet been referred to the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner.

The Scottish Ambulance Service expressed their sorrow, stating: "We would like to extend our deepest condolences to Lucy's family. We are reviewing the incident alongside our colleagues at Police Scotland and, when the time is appropriate, we would ask the family to contact our Patient Experience Team directly so we can personally discuss their concerns."

A representative from Police Scotland reported: "Around 11.15 a.m. on Tuesday, 15 April, 2025, we attended an address in Johnstone following the death of a 17-year-old girl." They added, "The death is being treated as unexplained, but there are no apparent suspicious circumstances."

Furthermore, they confirmed, "A report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal." Morag Gardner, representing NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, also offered sympathies: "We would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family of Lucy Grant at this extremely difficult time."

She acknowledged the situation, saying, "We are reviewing our pathways for deaths in the community of 16 and 17 year olds, and apologise for any distress caused."