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Lake District death: Woman dies at Surprise View

Keswick Mountain Rescue Team Rescuers at the sceneKeswick Mountain Rescue Team
Keswick mountain rescue team volunteers and the Great North Air Ambulance were deployed to the scene

A walker has died after a fall in the Lake District.

The woman, aged in her 70s, fell on Friday from Surprise View, Borrowdale, at around 18:15 BST and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Emergency teams, including the Great North Air Ambulance Service and mountain rescue volunteers from Keswick, had attended.

Cumbria Police said on Sunday the death was not being treated as suspicious and a file has been passed to the coroner.

Ian Capper/Geograph View from Surprise View, BorrowdaleIan Capper/Geograph
The woman had been at Surprise View, which overlooks Derwentwater, when she fell

Keswick Mountain Rescue Team said one of its team members, along with a doctor from the air ambulance, were lowered from the top of the cliff, which overlooks Derwentwater, while a second group made an approach to the base.

"Tragically the woman died from her injuries in the fall," a spokesperson said.

"Our deepest thoughts and sympathies go to the woman's family and friends."

Cumbria Police thanked members of the public who contacted them following an earlier witness appeal.

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