British tourist fell 130ft to death after losing his footing while admiring sea view
A 26-YEAR-OLD holidaymaker fell to his death from a cliff top in Turkey after stopping to take in the sea view.
Alex Grayson fell off a 130ft cliff in Turkey on holiday with his girlfriend Leanne Millward
Alex Grayson and his girlfriend Leanne Millward had been sitting on a grassed area in Antalya when Mr Grayson lost his footing and plunged 130 feet, an inquest heard.
Miss Millward, who had been standing a couple of yards away, told the hearing that there was nothing she could have done to save him.
“Alex got up to walk back to the path. It was a grass verge and the grass was overgrown,” she said.
“His foot just disappeared, he just went. I can't remember much from that moment. I was in that much shock.”
His foot just disappeared, he just went. I can't remember much from that moment
Mr Grayson, from Kimberworth, Rotherham, who was pronounced dead after his body was recovered and taken to hospital, died from multiple fractures including two fractures to his left leg and several broken ribs.
The hearing in Doncaster was told the couple, who had been together for 18 months, had spent the day by the hotel pool before going out for a meal in the evening.
They were walking back to their hotel at 2am on May 1 when they stopped to look at the sea.
Grayson was admiring a viewpoint when he stepped on overgrown grass and fell to his death
Added Miss Millward: “We had both had a few drinks but we were fine. He was in good spirits.”
The inquest heard it was very dark at the cliff edge and there was no cordon in place.
The couple were on holiday in Antalya Turkey when Alex fell
Millward says there was nothing she could have done to save her boyfriend
Miss Millward has since travelled back to Turkey to revisit the spot where the tragedy took place.
She said: “It was really difficult to judge what was the path and the bit that went down. But it didn't feel like a dangerous place. There had been a few people that day on the edge so it must be somewhere they go quite often in the daytime.”
Assistant Doncaster coroner Mark Beresford recorded a verdict of accident death.