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Godrevy Point walker dies after rescue from sea | Godrevy Point walker dies after rescue from sea |
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A walker has died after being airlifted from the sea off Godrevy Point in west Cornwall. | |
The woman, aged in her 60s, had been with a walking party near Hayle on Saturday evening. | |
Coastguards said the walker, who is from the Camborne area, ended up in the water lodged in a narrow rock gully at the bottom of cliffs. | |
She was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske by a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose but later died. | She was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske by a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose but later died. |
It is unclear how the victim came to be in the water. | |
The rescue operation involved police, coastguard teams from St Ives and St Agnes and the rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose. | |
According to the Royal Navy, the woman was suffering from major injuries when she was located and winched to safety at about 21:20 GMT. | |
The crew of the rescue helicopter carried out first aid during the transfer to hospital but the woman later died. | |
Police enquiries are continuing but officers are not treating the death as suspicious. |