A dad died after his body was "compressed" for hours when he got stuck in an indoor cave at a tourist attraction, an inquest heard yesterday.
Carl O'Keeffe, 49, was playing with his children at a birthday party when he became trapped for four hours. He suffered crush injuries at the Kong Adventure Centre in Keswick, Cumbria, on April 22.
The opening of his inquest yesterday, held at Cockermouth Coroner's Court, was told the experienced climber became "critically unwell" during the ordeal and, though he was extracted from the fibreglass, he was declared dead in hospital days later.
