“My 600-pound life” Pauline Potter’s murder reveals many details following the January car accident!
My 600lb Life star Pauline Potter has died aged 62.
The former heaviest woman alive passed away on November 27 after suffering a multitude of health problems following a car accident in January.
Her son shared details of the collision and explained that they had smashed into a broken-down truck on a highway.
“My 600-pound life” Pauline Potter’s murder reveals many details following the January car accident!
In a video uploaded to his mother’s YouTube channel, Dillon claimed that they had been driving in the early hours of the morning and that the stationary vehicle did not have its hazard lights on.
‘My mom tried to swerve to go around it, but the passenger side of the car hit the side of the trailer and completely spun us around,’ he said.
‘When we stopped, we were facing the opposite direction on the opposite side of the road. At the time of impact, we were going 50mph.’
Potter was battling a range of health issues in the aftermath of the incident.
In July, following multiple trips to hospital, doctors discovered a blockage in the TLC star’s oesophagus which was preventing her from keeping any food down.
My 600lb Life star Pauline Potter died last month following a multitude of health issues
The TLC star suffered a blockage in her oesophagus, COVID and respiratory failure
Potter was also diagnosed with COVID, put in the ICU and told by doctors she was showing signs of respiratory failure.
By November, she had entered hospice care before being released to her sister’s home.
There is no official cause of Potter’s death.
Dillon has launched a GoFundMe to raise money for his mother’s memorial.
Potter was in her fifties when she appeared on TLC’s My 600lb Life, which followed the lives of the morbidly obese, in 2015.
Her starting weight on the show was 678lbs. She lost more than 500lbs and qualified for skin removal surgery.
When viewers first met Potter she was being cared for by Dillon and her niece Megan. She was unable to do anything on her own apart from ‘feed and wipe’ herself.
‘I am absolutely trapped in this body,’ she explained. ‘I let myself get way out of control. I feel like I am dying every day.’
Potter and her son Dillon were involved in a horror car accident in January
Their car collided with a stationary truck and trailer on a two-lane highway
Potter was on the TLC show in 2015, four years after she was named the heaviest woman alive
She managed to lose over 500lbs thanks to a combination of surgery and diet changes
Dillon (seen with his mom in the show) announced the news of his mother’s death on YouTube
While her niece washed her hair and gave her sponge baths, Dillon had the full-time job of being her primary caregiver.
‘I do feel bad for Dillon just because it doesn’t seem like he has had much of a life,’ Megan said on the show, explaining to the cameras that his relationship with his mom is more like that of a client and their caregiver.
Before turning to the show, Potter was named the heaviest woman alive in the Guinness Book of Records in 2011.
