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Boy badly hurt in 200ft peak fall Boy, 11, dies in 200ft peak fall
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An 11-year-old boy, who fell 200ft (61m) while walking with family on Snowdon, has suffered serious head injuries. An 11-year-old boy, who fell 200ft (61m) while walking with family on Snowdon, has died, say police.
Rescuers have reached him on the ground but bad weather caused difficulties for an RAF helicopter near the scene. Bad weather and poor visibility had made it difficult for an RAF helicopter to reach him on the mountain.
Members of Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team are slowly carrying the boy down the mountain to an area where they hope a helicopter can land. Rescue teams reached the boy, who was from the Liverpool area, and slowly carried him down to an area where the helicopter could land.
The boy fell close to the summit of Crib y Ddysgl, about 3,000ft (914m) up. He suffered severe head injuries after falling close to the summit of Crib y Ddysgl ridge, about 3,000ft (914m) up.
It is expected that the boy will be off the mountain at 1730 BST but if rescuers have to carry him down to the road it could be as late as 1900 BST. The boy was airlifted to hospital in Bangor at dusk but North Wales Police confirmed he had died.
Thirty members of Llanberis and Ogwen Mountain Rescue Teams are involved in the rescue as well as an RAF helicopter based at Valley in Anglesey. A spokeswoman for North Wales Police said details would be passed to the coroner.
He is on a stretcher and is being traversed down the mountain side Gwyn Roberts, chairman of the Llanberis mountain rescue team Rescuers said visibility on parts of the mountain was very poor and praised the skill of the helicopter crew, which is based at Valley on Anglesey.
Thirty members of Llanberis and Ogwen Mountain Rescue Teams were involved in the rescue.
Low cloud prevented the helicopter from helping rescuers on the ground
The helicopter was launched when the alarm was raised at 1255 BST but low cloud had prevented it from helping ground-based rescuers.The helicopter was launched when the alarm was raised at 1255 BST but low cloud had prevented it from helping ground-based rescuers.
Hospital staff at Ysbyty Gwynedd were preparing for the boy's arrival, said Gwyn Roberts, chairman of the Llanberis mountain rescue team. Hospital staff at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor had prepared for the boy's arrival, said Gwyn Roberts, chairman of the Llanberis mountain rescue team.
Mr Roberts said if the weather did not improve soon a four-wheel-drive vehicle may be used to transport the schoolboy. Mr Roberts said if the boy had been in a difficult-to-reach position and rescuers had been considering using a four-wheel-drive to get to him him.
"He is in a difficult-to-reach position," he said. He said that ground rescuers had put him in a stretcher and had traversed him down the mountain.
"Stretcher"
"He is on a stretcher and is being traversed down the mountain side.
"Depending on the cloud base we are hoping the helicopter will be able to reach the casualty.
"But we might have to continue lowering him to the point where we can get a four-wheel-drive vehicle to him."
The boy came from a party of walkers containing two families.The boy came from a party of walkers containing two families.
One of the adults in the party is the boy's father.One of the adults in the party is the boy's father.
It is understood there were two adults and two children walking there when the incident happened.It is understood there were two adults and two children walking there when the incident happened.
Crib y Ddysgl is a narrow ridge not far from the 3,560ft summit of Snowdon.Crib y Ddysgl is a narrow ridge not far from the 3,560ft summit of Snowdon.