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Ovingdean cliff fall







symyjym

Banned
Nov 2, 2009
13,138
Brighton / Hove actually
I cycled past major police action shortly after 6pm today. It seemed something big had happened.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13418753.Boy_fighting_for_life_after_cliff_fall_at_Ovingdean/?ref=rss

Awful. I have a 16 year old son - this could be someone he knows. I hope that he can pull through.

In the Argus today there were group of girls photoed dangling their legs over the edge of a cliff just along the coast.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1341...heir_lives_by_sitting_on_the_edge_of_a_cliff/
 


Pogue Mahone

Well-known member
Apr 30, 2011
10,719
In the Argus today there were group of girls photoed dangling their legs over the edge of a cliff just along the coast.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1341...heir_lives_by_sitting_on_the_edge_of_a_cliff/

Madness.

I've never seen anyone do this around here, though, and we haven't had any cliff falls (as in the cliff itself falling) in living memory. I wouldn't like to puclicly speculate on what may have happened here, but there's no mention of anyone else being around.

Very sad.
 


Drumstick

NORTHSTANDER
Jul 19, 2003
6,958
Peacehaven
Saw it on my way to work. Hope he survives and all my best to his family.
 












TomandJerry

Well-known member
Oct 1, 2013
11,365
"A teenager found with life threatening injuries at the bottom of cliffs in Brighton has died.

The 15-year-old boy, who was found on the underpass of Ovingdean Gap, having fallen from the cliff above at about 6pm on Tuesday, died in hospital later that day."

R.I.P
 










Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...
Mar 18, 2010
29,719
Hove
When they're that age they think they're immortal, when you reach my age you KNOW you're not.

I know, I shudder at a few things I did and got away with. Thankfully the majority of us do get away with it, but tragically not all of us. Poor kid.
 


Fignon's Ponytail

Well-known member
Jun 29, 2012
4,106
On the Beach
Awful news & thoughts go out to the family....
We live on the coast road, and have to call the Police at least a couple of times every summer because of people climbing over the fence & sitting on the cliff edge opposite us by the war memorial. Cant understand why they want to do it as its one of the highest points there and I would imagine the ground is quite unstable. We even saw a foreign couple having sex on the edge of the cliff one year....in the middle of the day fully naked. Crazy Germans!
 










Tooting Gull

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
11,033
Regardless of anything else, who he was or how it happened, just a horrible story. RIP, and thoughts go to family and friends.

It's your worst fear as a parent, something terrible happening to your child. You can't think about it too much or you'd go mad and never let them have their freedom, but it is always there.
 









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