Pregnant Pottstown Teen Dies After Shoveling Snow, Family Says

A pregnant Pottstown teen died Saturday morning after shoveling snow during the blizzard, her family tells NBC10. The baby did not survive.

Briahna Gerloff, 18, collapsed and died after shoveling snow around 9 a.m., the news network says. Gerloff was due to give birth to a baby girl, who she named Kayliana, within the next month, her friends say.

Her family tells NBC10 Gerloff, who suffered from several heart defects, insisted on shoveling even though they tried to tell her stay inside.

Shortly after the expectant mother went inside to take a break, a family member reportedly found her unresponsive and did CPR. Paramedics were called to scene but Gerloff and the baby did not make it through.

Her friends have set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for funeral costs.

“In two short months it will be three years since Briahna’s mother passed away. They also have to deal with financial stress including funeral costs,” the page says.

It was the second death over the weekend in Montgomery County related to snow shoveling. On Saturday, an 88-year-old Lower Providence man died shoveling snow.

Some parts of the region got up to 32 inches of snow during the blizzard.