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Tom Davidson & Rebecca Day

Woman dies after falling from waterfall on Kinder Scout on Easter Monday

A woman died after falling 50ft from a waterfall in the Peak District.

An air ambulance, police, Kinder Mountain Rescue, and the coastguard were scrambled to the beauty-spot, Kinder Downfall, at around 5pm on Easter Monday.

A jogger bravely tried to scale the cliff face in a bid to save her, but the 29-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The man, who works as a fitness trainer in Lincoln, had to be rescued himself following the incident.

Speaking to The Mirror , he said: "It was a day I don't want to remember but I know I'll never forget.

"I got home at 11.30pm, but at least I got to go home to my loving family.

"I drove to Edale to do a long trail run around the Peak District. I got to just over mile 13 and found people panicking on their phones near a cliff face.

"A woman had fallen of the edge of Kinder Downfall waterfall, and her family couldn't get to her.

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"I scrambled down the cliff faces to get as close as possible but when I got there she was unresponsive and had fallen quite a height onto rocks.

"It was very sad to see her where she was and it was frustrating that I couldn't have done more to help her from where I got to.

"Eventually the coastguard helicopter lifted her away, but unfortunately I had climbed down onto a ledge I couldn't climb back from.

"I then had to wait nearly two hours for the mountain rescue to come back with ropes and a harness so I could then climb back up with assistance.

"The rescue team were amazing - their response was perfect, without them I would still be stuck out there freezing."

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Neale Pinkerton, Kinder Mountain Rescue team leader, said: "We responded to reports of a walker who had fallen approximately 50 feet from the top of the Downfall. Due to the nature of the call, immediate assistance was requested from the Coastguard and an air ambulance was also sent straight to the location.

"Once on scene, Rescue 912 was able to recover the casualty from their position to the plateau where they were assessed but unfortunately were pronounced deceased.

"The team would like to send their condolences to the family of the deceased walker at this tragic time. We just wish the outcome could have been different."

Police have confirmed there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the woman's death.

Kinder Downfall is a waterfall on the edge of the Kinder Scout hill.

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