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Snowdonia death fall walker named | Snowdonia death fall walker named |
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Police have named a man who died after falling more than 300ft (91m) from a narrow mountain ridge in the Snowdonia National Park on Thursday. | Police have named a man who died after falling more than 300ft (91m) from a narrow mountain ridge in the Snowdonia National Park on Thursday. |
John Richard Norcross, 60, from Woodley near Stockport, was walking on Crib Goch with his son-in-law, who raised the alarm. | |
Police said an operation to rescue Mr Norcross, an experienced hill walker, was launched just after 1100 GMT. | |
Mr Norcross was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor where he was pronounced dead. | |
A 19-strong Llanberis mountain rescue team and an RAF rescue helicopter were involved in the search. | A 19-strong Llanberis mountain rescue team and an RAF rescue helicopter were involved in the search. |
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