A man has died following a tragic fall while walking in the Peak District. Mountain rescue teams raced to Kinder Scout, the highest point in the Dark Peak on June 30 following reports that a walker had fallen from the top of Downfall.

Emergency crews attended the scene and found the man, whose age was not confirmed, had not survived the fall.

Mountain rescue specialists helped to retrieve the body from the base of the Downfall, with a Coastguard helicopter also drafted into help along with a drone team from Buxton and Glossop Mountain Rescue.

The Kinder Mountain Rescue Team said the conditions were 'too challenging' to winch the man from the base of the Downfall, and so used a stretcher to hoist the body, to then be collected by the helicopter on scene, which took ten hours.

A total of 31 team members attended the incident, along with officers from Derbyshire Police and paramedics.

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"When the helicopter arrived, conditions proved to be too challenging to winch directly from the base of the Downfall. So the team performed a difficult stretcher carry to a lower location where he could be collected by the helicopter and flown to our vehicles," a statement said.

"This was a challenging ten hour incident for all involved. We would like to thank the group of walkers who called in the incident for their assistance. The team would like to pass on our sincere condolences to the walker’s family."

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