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06 Sept 2025

Derry hillwalker (50s) dies after fall in Dunlewey area

One man died and another man was airlifted to hospital after falling while walking in the Poisoned Glen on Saturday afternoon

Hillwalker (50s) dies after fall in Dunlewey area

The Poisoned Glen

A male hillwalker from Derry died in west Donegal on Saturday afternoon.

The man, aged in his 50s named locally as Brian Campbell, was walking with another man in the Poisoned Glen area of Dunlewey when he sustained fatal injuries after a fall.

Gardai and the emergency services were notified at around 1pm on Saturday, April 20.

A recovery operation was launched and the coroner was informed. The man's body was taken to the mortuary at Letterkenny University Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

A second man, also aged in his 50s, also suffered injuries and was airlifted from the scene to LUH for treatment of what have been described as 'non-life threatening'.

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