Man dies in front of his family after plunging from cliff
A man has fallen to his death in front of his horrified family after climbing part-way up a 60-metre cliff at a popular coastal spot.
A man in the UK has died after falling off a cliff at a coastal beauty spot in front of his horrified family on the hottest day of the year.
The tourist, who was in his 40s, had climbed part-way up the 60-metre tall Stair Hole at Lulworth Cove in Dorset when he slipped and fell.
An air ambulance, coastguards, a lifeboat crew and police raced to the scene.
The man received treatment from paramedics – but was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses described how the man’s family was consoled by police officers and coastguard members at the time.
It is not known how far the man, who was from the Bedfordshire area, fell.
“Dorset Police received a report at around 6.30pm on Sunday that a man had fallen off rocks at Stair Hole near to Lulworth Cove in the Purbeck area,” a spokeswoman for Dorset Police said.
“Officers attended the incident together with other emergency services. Very sadly, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
“His family has been informed and the coroner has been notified. There were no suspicious circumstances.”
A spokeswoman for HM Coastguard confirmed that crews were sent to the scene including a coastguard helicopter.
The man was the sixth person to die on the hottest day of the year over the weekend as British residents flocked to beaches and beauty spots.
It is also among a number of incidents to have taken place at beauty spots in Dorset this past year.
Mum-of-five Tahira Jabeen, 46, slipped and fell 30 metres to her death from cliffs at nearby Man O’ War Bay, which lies close to Durdle Door.
Three people were also seriously injured in May last year after jumping from the arch of rocks at Durdle Door.
Videos posted online showed tourists climbing 60 metres up the rock and leaping off.
Today, coastguards issued fresh warnings about the dangers of taking selfies close to cliff edges after a man was seen balancing on a 48cm wide cliff path at Old Harry Rocks, near Swanage, while posing for a photo.
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
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