Walker, 59, dies after collapsing on Pennine Way

A WOMAN died while walking a stretch of the Pennine Way in North Yorkshire.

The 59-year-old was south of Water Sinks on Malham Moor on Saturday when she collapsed and fell unconscious.

The Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) was alerted just before 4pm while a team of its volunteers was responding to another call for help near Ingleton.

A spokesman said: “A small group of CRO members, who were with the team’s display trailer at Malham Show, arrived on scene very soon after the air ambulance and road ambulance.

“Sadly, resuscitation was unsuccessful.”

The woman was carried by stretcher to an ambulance with the help of her family.

Meanwhile, the team called out to Storrs Common near Ingleton rescued a 54-year-old woman who had injured her ankle.