United Kingdom, a woman dies in a parachute incident

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2025-04-29 13:14:00 | Bota

United Kingdom, a woman dies in a parachute incident

A woman has died in a skydiving incident in County Durham, United Kingdom.

According to foreign media, emergency crews were called to Wreford Farm at Shotton Colliery, near Peterlee, at around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.

The woman, in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene, A2 CNN reports.

A Durham Police spokesman said the death was not being treated as suspicious and that a file would now be prepared for the coroner.

A spokesman for the North East Ambulance Service said it was called to the incident at 10.17am on Sunday.

"We sent an ambulance team and a specialist paramedic to the incident," the spokesman added, writes A2 CNN.

The former mining village of Shotton Colliery has a population of nearly 5,000, according to the latest census.

Wreford Farm is described on its website as a "small family farm" that produces pork and beef using "regenerative agriculture." (A2 Televizion)

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