David March, who worked for the World Service, was walking in Snowdonia when he plunged 130 feet onto rocks. He suffered head, chest and leg injuries and died immediately.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded.


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"The studio manager, who was single, was also chairman of Croydon University Hospital station Radio Mayday and volunteered at Whitechapel AM at the Royal London Hospital."