They reveal the cause of death of the Indiana woman who died on an American Airlines flight

Relatives of the Indiana woman who died last month while flying home from a vacation in the Dominican Republic They revealed that he died from a tear in one of the arteries in his neck.

Stefanie Smith, 41, a mother of two teenagers from Danville, suffered a carotid artery dissection. This was reported by his brother Chris Volz, according to NBC News.

This condition, which affects the major blood vessels that supply blood to the brain, It is the most common cause of stroke in younger patientsaccording to Penn Medicine and the National Library of Medicine.

Volz previously noted that he was not aware of his sister having any pre-existing health problems. She said that she was an avid athlete who continued to exercise even while she was on vacation with her boyfriend.

The 41-year-old woman was in the American Airlines Flight 2790 from Punta Cana to Charlotte, North Carolinawhen his health took a sudden turn.

According to authorities, CPR was performed on the woman on the plane and the flight was diverted to the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory located in the southeast of the Bahamas.

Doctors and police were sent to the plane and The woman was transported to a local hospital where she was later pronounced dead.according to a statement posted on Facebook by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police.

Smith’s body is expected to be returned to Indiana next week, according to Volz.

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