Man dies after being stuck inside Keswick indoor cave

A antheral has died days aft getting injured erstwhile helium became stuck wrong an indoor caving attraction astatine a Lake District climbing centre.

Carl O'Keeffe, 49, from Lancaster, had been astatine Kong Adventure successful Keswick connected 22 April, erstwhile helium became trapped wrong a constrictive tunnel.

Emergency crews including specializer cave rescuers attended the scene.

Mr O'Keeffe was taken to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, wherever helium died connected Sunday, Cumbria Police said.

Volunteers from Keswick Mountain Rescue Team were among those called to the centre conscionable aft 15:00 BST connected 22 April aft unit were incapable to escaped Mr O'Keeffe utilizing their mean rescue procedure, it said.

"While the exigency services were deciding connected evacuation plans, the climbing partition staff, assisted by visiting climbers, started dismantling sections of the partition to assistance entree to tunnels hidden down the climbing partition panels," a connection said.

"With clip passing determination was increasing interest for the trapped man's wellness arsenic helium was successful a static presumption successful a confined space."

It said determination had been a "significant effort" by rescuers, including the occurrence and rescue work with specializer cutting equipment, climbing partition unit and Cumbria Ore Mines Rescue Unit, who managed to get him out.

A chopper from the Great North Air Ambulance Service was besides called.

Cumbria Police said it volition beryllium investigating the circumstances of Mr O'Keeffe's decease connected behalf of the coroner.