A man from Bury has died after falling from a cliff on the the Great Orme in north Wales.
Ralph Davenport, from Whitefield, was found unresponsive by walkers on June 19, North Wales Live reports. He had fallen down a cliff at the Llandudno landmark.
The 76-year-old was airlifted to hospital by emergency responders but was sadly pronounced dead. An inquest into Mr Davenport's death was opened in Caernarfon today (June 29).
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The coroner was told how the retired export clerk's death was 'likely to be trauma or trauma-related'. Speaking during the brief hearing, acting senior coroner for North West Wales, Katie Sutherland, said: "At this time the provisional cause of death is withheld, but is likely to be trauma or trauma related to some extent, making it sufficient enough to open an inquest.
"The full inquest will be adjourned pending further investigation."
The incident triggered a huge emergency response including from the Wales Air Ambulance, which landed on the Llandudno landmark at 11.12am. The Welsh Ambulance Service said they received reports of a 'medical emergency' at 10:46am.
They were joined by the coastguard, police and cliff rescue crews in a joint rescue effort which lasted around two hours. Pictures from the scene showed a large-scale rescue effort involving several emergency crews.
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