A walker visiting a popular Peak District attraction with friends has died after sustaining a "serious head injury" during a fall. Despite the efforts of a mountain rescue team and ambulance crew, the walker was pronounced dead at the scene on Saturday (April 9).
Emergency services had been called to a footpath above Speedwell Cavern in Castleton at around 7pm to reports of a walker having fallen. They had fallen a distance down a hill and had initially been left unconscious with a head injury.
But the Edale Mountain Rescue team, in a Facebook post on the incident, confirmed the walker was later pronounced dead at the scene, the Manchester Evening News reports. The team said they had been contacted by the East Midlands Ambulance Service about the incident.
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The post read: "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." Derbyshire Police have been contacted for comment.
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