A MAN and woman have been found dead at the bottom of a cliff at a popular seaside beauty spot.
Police were called to Whitby Abbey, in North Yorks., at 7.16pm yesterday after a local spotted the bodies.
2
The Coastguard assisted with a helicopter, alongside ambulance crews, in a desperate bid to recover the pair as the tide came in.
At around 8.20pm, paramedics sadly pronounced the man and woman dead at the scene.
Police have launched an investigation and are still working to trace their next of kin.
A file is being prepared for the coroner.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “Emergency service teams have been involved in the recovery of two bodies from beneath the cliff at Whitby Abbey on Wednesday evening.
“A member of the public called the police at 7.16pm after spotting a man and woman on the rocks below.
“With the tide coming in fast, the Coastguard coordinated a helicopter recovery to ambulance crews near Whitby Abbey. This was completed at 8.24pm.
“Paramedics confirmed the deaths, and the bodies have been taken to hospital by ambulance.
“Police are on with tracing the next of kin of the man and woman while the investigation continues into the circumstances of the sudden deaths for a coroner’s report.”
2
