A BRIGHT teenage girl died after taking an ecstasy pill for the first time at a sleepover with pals.

A-level student Lila-Grace Smith, 17, was rushed to hospital after her friends raised the alarm, but couldn't be saved.

At an inquest into her death, West Yorkshire assistant coroner Mary Burke described the case as "tragic" and hoped lessons would be learned.

The hearing was told that Lila, from Oxenhope, was staying at a friend's house in Steeton on June 3 last year.

They had consumed alcohol, nitrous oxide – a legal high known as ‘hippy crack’ – and later ecstasy, also called MDMA.

Detective Sergeant Collum Hanogue, who supervised the police investigation, said the two girls Lila was with rang one of their boyfriends just after 11pm when she had been taken ill.

The unnamed boy and three friends arrived at 11.20pm. Two of them put Lila in the recovery position and two took the other girls to another room. But when Lila's condition worsened, they rang 999 and administered CPR until the ambulance arrived.

Paramedics rushed Lila to hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 12.45am on Saturday, June 4.

Bradford Coroner’s Court heard that according to toxicology reports, the amount of ecstasy in her system had been described by a doctor as "well within" the range of levels that have been associated with deaths from taking the drug.

Det Sgt Hanogue said mobile phone evidence revealed Lila and her two friends had been researching the effects of the drug online.

He added that the phone number of a person who was believed to have supplied the drugs was found but despite efforts to trace who it belonged to, all avenues had been "exhausted" and no criminal proceedings were ongoing.

Lila's heartbroken mother, Emma Hargreaves, told the inquest that she’d warned her daughters about the dangers of taking drugs because she knew someone who had overdosed from ecstasy.

In a statement read to the court, Emma said Lila had spoken to her about friends taking drugs but she herself had never taken any.

She said Lila was doing well at school.

A sixth former at North Halifax Grammar School, she was studying psychology, biology and French.

She also had a part-time job as a waitress, and had previously taken piano lessons.

Emma referred to Lila as "like a friend, not just a daughter" and said the whole family got on well.

She added: "Lila had met her boyfriend at primary school and they had been boyfriend and girlfriend for some time.

"Lila would stay over at her friends' houses from time to time. We knew she would have a drink when she went to parties, but we weren’t worried about her consuming alcohol.

"We’d just started having conversations about drugs. When I was younger, I knew someone who overdosed on ecstasy."

Assistant coroner Ms Burke offered her condolences to the family.

She told the hearing: "Lila’s death came about as a result of having consumed MDMA some hours prior.

"This is a tragic case of the death of a young girl who had her whole life ahead of her.

"She had taken drugs without realising the potential consequences. She clearly had no idea that it might lead to an untimely death.

"Hopefully young people out there who might hear of this may pause and think for a minute before they take such risks.

"We have a family here who will grieve forever and a day for the loss of their loved one. Let this be a lesson, please."