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| Police name Snowdon tragedy boy | Police name Snowdon tragedy boy |
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| An 11-year-old boy who died after falling 200ft (60m) while on a family walk on Snowdon has been named. | An 11-year-old boy who died after falling 200ft (60m) while on a family walk on Snowdon has been named. |
| Liam Costello, from Merseyside, was in a walking party with his father and another family when he fell down the Crib Goch part of the mountain. | |
| Liam suffered extensive head injuries and was pronounced dead at Gwynedd Hospital in Bangor on Friday. | |
| His family said Liam was a talented sportsman who had played both football and cricket for the city of Liverpool. | |
| He had been selected for trials for Lancashire Cricket Club as a leg spinner, his family added in a tribute. | |
| Poor visibility | |
| They said Liam was "adored by his mum Patty and dad Liam, also worshipped by his little brother Tom. He touched the hearts of everyone he met". | |
| Bad weather and poor visibility had made it difficult for the helicopter to reach him on the mountain on Friday. | |
| Thirty members of Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team and a group from RAF Valley at Anglesey attended the scene. | Thirty members of Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team and a group from RAF Valley at Anglesey attended the scene. |
| Mountain rescue chairman Gwyn Roberts said that low cloud had delayed the operation to airlift the youngster. | Mountain rescue chairman Gwyn Roberts said that low cloud had delayed the operation to airlift the youngster. |