Unanswered questions after mum, 32, died on UK beach in 'freak' drowning accident

Saffron Cole-Nottage had gone for a stroll on the seafront with her 11-year-old daughter. Yet soon aft 8pm, the 32-year-old was dormant arsenic constabulary called it a "freak accident"

Saffron Cole-Nottage died arsenic rescuers from the coastguard, constabulary and aerial ambulance attempted to escaped her aft she slipped connected a treacherous coastal path. The mother-of-free had been walking her canine with her girl Jessica connected Sunday evening successful Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Initial reports suggested that Saffron, 32, had someway got her legs stuck betwixt immoderate boulders aft falling from the coastal path, with exigency services incapable to escaped her earlier the tide came successful and she drowned. But determination person been questions near unanswered pursuing the calamity which shocked the quiescent seaside town.

The main question was however could this person happened? The country Saffron was walking connected is thought to person been off-limits to pedestrians due to the fact that of the dangers it poses - the immense boulders made of slippery granite and the factual aboveground of the way covered with moss and, astatine times, icy. Signs and a obstruction are said to beryllium successful spot informing radical not to effort to locomotion there.

The emergency services received a telephone reporting Saffron had fallen into the oversea astatine 8.03pm connected Sunday, erstwhile temperatures were beneath freezing. Suffolk Police, HM Coastguard rescue officers from Lowestoft, the East of England Ambulance Service and the East Anglian Air Ambulance formed portion of the immense rescue attempt.

"Police and different exigency services were successful attendance successful Lowestoft connected Sunday astatine an incidental successful which a pistillate died aft a fall," said a spokesperson for Suffolk Police. "The decease is presently being treated astatine unexplained, but determination are not believed to beryllium immoderate suspicious circumstances astatine this time. A record volition present beryllium completed for the coroner."

The coroner volition beryllium capable to find the nonstop origin of death, arsenic good arsenic analyse the circumstances surrounding it. Some person asked wherefore rescuers were incapable to escaped her successful time?

In pictures showing the scene, heavy voids betwixt the immense boulders tin beryllium seen connected the formation successful Lowestoft. The voids look to beryllium ample capable for a limb to go trapped, which is what reportedly happened to Saffron.

While rescuers arrived connected country promptly, the tide began coming in. The coroner's study volition corroborate nonstop details of her death, but with it being acheronian and cold, the slippy aboveground would person been hard to navigate.

Her devastated spouse has described what happened to Saffron arsenic a "freak horrific" accident, but friends person questioned however teams of constabulary and specially trained seashore defender crews could not rescue her. One person said: "Everyone is successful disbelief. She was with her 11-year-old girl Jess. They were walking along. Jess was holding the canine and Saff fell.

"Apparently the somesthesia dropped and the aboveground became similar ice. She slipped. We've heard it suggested that she got wedged into the rocks someway but it's not wide precisely what happened next.

"There person been conflicting reports astir what happened. We person heard immoderate reports that she was conscious but others saying the miss was calling to her, but she wasn't responding.

"It's conscionable not wide and we anticipation the authorities tin supply immoderate answers. Whatever it was, it indispensable person been perfectly horrific for the young girl. There would person been nary 1 astir astatine that hr successful the dark."

A 3rd question is wherefore was she not fixed breathing apparatus arsenic the h2o engulfed her? Again, this is unclear and volition beryllium examined successful the report.

One resident, 65, told The Sun: "Nobody is expected to spell down to that path. There is simply a obstruction with a motion stopping radical from going on it astatine 1 extremity and a motion astatine the other.

"The way is treacherous astatine immoderate clip of day, but adjacent much truthful astatine night. It is conscionable truthful slippery. I went down determination erstwhile and slipped over. The aboveground is conscionable similar greenish slime. It is similar an crystal rink and slippery arsenic hell. If you gaffe over, you could easy deed the rocks and extremity up breaking your limb oregon your neck.

"There are ample gaps betwixt the rocks and the path, and idiosyncratic could easy tumble down."

A record is being prepared for the coroner.