'One second Roxan was there and the next she was gone' - Student fell to her death at Cliffs of Moher while walking on 'slippery' path, inquest hears

"A 20-year-old University of Edinburgh student slipped and fell to her death while walking at the side of a "huge puddle" on a muddy part of a trail beside the cliff edge at the Cliffs of Moher in May 2024, an inquest has heard. At the Clare Coroner's Court in Kilrush on Friday, three college friends of the late Roxan Bastaens - a Belgian national - gave eye-witness testimony of Ms Bastaens's final moments before she fell to her death."

"A 20-year-old University of Edinburgh student slipped and fell to her death while walking at the side of a "huge puddle" on a muddy part of a trail beside the cliff edge at the Cliffs of Moher in May 2024, an inquest has heard."

Roxan Bastaens, a 20-year-old Belgian and University of Edinburgh student, slipped and fell to her death at the Cliffs of Moher in May 2024. She was walking at the side of a "huge puddle" on a muddy part of a trail beside the cliff edge when she fell. The fall occurred on a coastal path at the Cliffs of Moher. Three college friends provided eye-witness testimony at the Clare Coroner's Court in Kilrush, describing Bastaens's final moments before she fell to her death. The testimony took place on Friday.

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