A walker has died in a horror fall during a weekend away in the Peak District.
Emergency services were called to reports of a hiker being knocked unconscious on a footpath above Speedwell Cavern in Derbyshire at around 7pm on Saturday. Edale Mountain Rescue Team said a group of friends were visiting the area over the weekend when one slipped and "tumbled a distance".
The walker suffered a serious head injury during the fall and despite the best efforts of friends, rescuers and paramedics, they were pronounced dead at the scene, the Mirror Online reports.
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The rescue team expressed its condolences to the walker's friends and family. It wrote in a Facebook post: "The team was contacted by East Midlands Ambulance Service to reports of a walker who had fallen and was unconscious with a head injury on a footpath above Speedwell Cavern.
"A group of friends visiting the area for the weekend were making their way off the hill when one slipped and tumbled a distance, sustaining a serious head injury during the fall.
"A couple of local team members arrived on scene at the same time as an ambulance crew and team paramedic.
"Despite the best efforts of their friends, team members and the ambulance crew, the injuries received were incompatible with life and the walker was unfortunately pronounced deceased at scene.
"After the attendance of the police the deceased was evacuated from the hillside.
"Our condolences to the family and friends of those involved."
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