A woman in her 30s has died after falling onto rocks at a beach in England — she reportedly became trapped and subsequently drowned.
The incident happened at The Esplanade in Lowestoft, Suffolk, at around 8:03 p.m. local time on Sunday, Feb. 2, Suffolk Constabulary said in a statement to us. They also confirmed the woman “sadly died at the scene.”
She was identified as Saffron Cole-Nottage from Kent in England, per multiple U.K. outlets including The Telegraph and East Anglian Daily Times.
The 32-year-old mother is believed to have drowned after she fell onto seafront rocks and got trapped, per The Telegraph
Nottage is believed to have died after she had tripped and fell onto rocks on the beach at Lowestoft in England on Feb. 2.
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Police said the victim’s death “is currently being treated as unexplained, but there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances at this time.”
Handwritten tributes and flowers have been laid out at the scene where Cole-Nottage died.
A man believed to be the victim’s father-in-law wrote in one message, “Saff, my beautiful daughter-in-law, God you’re going to be missed. Your light shined bright down here and you’ll shine bright up there too — love you heaps.”
Floral tributes on Lowestoft seafront near where Cole-Nottage died.
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A tribute shared by what appeared to be a family member on Facebook, read, “RIP darling you will be missed so dearly, such an awful tragedy we are thinking of Michael, the babies and all our family xxx — feeling emotional.”
Another tribute said: “…I’m shocked and saddened … best person I ever had the privilege to work with and become good friends … You really will be truly missed…”
Authorities said a file on the incident will be completed for the Coroner.
