A student loses her balance and falls a hundred meters from a cliff: her lifeless body is found in the ocean

The Cliffs of Moher are among the highest in Europe. MAXPPP – Sylvestre

A Belgian student, aged around twenty, died after falling from the cliffs of Moher, Ireland. She was hiking with three friends.

A medical student in Edinburgh, Scotland, who was visiting the Cliffs of Moher with three friends, fell 120 meters before dying, this Saturday, May 4, 2024 at around 1 p.m. ;h 20."This is a terrible tragedy and our sympathy goes to this young woman's family and her friends who witnessed her downfall, said a source police officer at Daily Mirror.

According to theIrish Independent, she would have lost the & rsquo;balance while walking. It was one of his friends who alerted the emergency services. A rescue operation was immediately launched, including with the help of a helicopter.

The body found in the ocean

The victim's body was quickly found in the ocean and was brought back to University Hospital Limerick, where an autopsy will be carried out. The woman was then officially declared dead.

The highest cliffs in Europe

The Cliffs of Moher are among the highest in Europe. They rise up to 214 meters above the Atlantic Ocean over a length of eight kilometers. This is not the first time that such a tragedy has taken place. In January 2019, a 26-year-old Indian fell while taking a photo at the edge from the precipice. In 2007, a 20-year-old Hungarian man suffered the same fate in similar circumstances.