Emergency services raced to Wreford’s Farm in Shotton Colliery, County Durham, on the weekend after a woman became injured during a skydiving session – she has been pronounced dead
A woman in her 30s has tragically died following a freak skydiving accident at a farm in County Durham on the weekend.
Emergency services rushed to Wreford’s Farm in Shotton Colliery, on Sunday morning. Despite their best efforts, the woman was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
Durham Constabulary has confirmed that her death is not being treated as suspicious. A spokesperson for the force said: “A woman has sadly died following a skydiving incident near Peterlee.
“Police officers and colleagues from the ambulance service were called to the incident in Shotton Colliery at around 10.30am on Sunday (April 27).
“Sadly, a woman in her thirties was pronounced dead at the scene. Her death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will now be prepared for the coroner.”
An ambulance rushed to the scene shortly before 10.30am. A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson added: “We were called to an incident at Shotton Colliery in County Durham on Sunday 27 April at 10:17.
“We dispatched one ambulance crew and one specialist paramedic to the incident.”
