Man dies after collapsing on waterfall path
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) said the man was walking in a group at the side of Lodore Falls
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A man has died after collapsing while walking near a waterfall in the Lake District.
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) said the man was walking in a group at the side of Lodore Falls in Gowder Crag, Cumbria, when he collapsed on Thursday at about 12:00 BST.
KMRT said one person in the group started CPR before emergency services arrived, but the man died at the scene.
A total of 24 mountain rescue members attended along with the police, the ambulance service and paramedics.
"Our deepest thoughts and sympathies go out to the family and friends of the man," KMRT said.
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