A PENSIONER who slipped on a kerbstone at a popular North-East attraction has died.
An inquest was opened yesterday at Post Office House, Crook, on Beatrice Westby, 83, who died on Wednesday after slipping while on a visit to Beamish Open Air Museum at the weekend.
Mrs Westby, of Chapel Terrace, Sheffield, died in the University Hospital of North Durham on Wednesday after sustaining a broken leg.
A Beamish spokeswoman confirmed the pensioner visited the County Durham attraction on Saturday. She said: "We are saddened to hear of her death and would like to express our sympathy to her family. We will pass on the sad news to our first aid staff who helped her when she tripped at Beamish."
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