Police say death of woman in County Durham skydiving incident is not suspicious
Police are looking into the death of a woman in what they have called a "skydiving incident" in County Durham.
Police are looking into the death of a woman in what they have called a "skydiving incident" in County Durham.
Emergency services were called to Shotton Colliery, near Peterlee, on Sunday morning.
The woman, who was in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Durham Police said her death is not being treated as suspicious.
"A file will now be prepared for the coroner," a spokesman for the force added.
A North East Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called to an incident at Shotton Colliery in County Durham on Sunday 27 April at 10.17.
"We dispatched one ambulance crew and one specialist paramedic to the incident."
It was the third fatal skydiving incident linked to the Peterlee area since 2016.
In April 2024, Sam Cornwell died when his parachute failed to open during a jump at the South West Industrial Estate.
The 46-year-old had been working as a videographer for Sky-High Skydiving Peterlee at the time.