A primary schoolgirl named as Leah Harrison has died in a shock mudslide tragedy during a school trip. Leah, of Mount Pleasant Primary School, in Darlington, tragically died after the incident at Carlton-in-Cleveland on Wednesday. The Year 6 pupil was reportedly on a school trip to the North Yorkshire beauty spot at the time.
Multiple reports of a mudslide were made to the Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team, who deployed thirty team members on a rescue operation which continued throughout Wednesday afternoon. Police say the incident took place at around 1.15pm and one person had sadly died.
Staff, pupils and wider community have been left in a "state of shock" and paid tribute to the Year 6 pupil as a "much-loved part of their school." Lingfield Education Trust Chief Executive, Nick Blackburn, said details are still emerging following the heartbreaking tragedy. In a statement, he said: “The full details are still emerging but this is clearly a heartbreaking tragedy.
Leah was a much-loved part of our school and our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends, and the school staff. "Counselling is being arranged within the school for pupils and staff. We are all in a state of shock and we would ask that the privacy of the family and the school community is respected while we try to come to terms with what has happened.
” Thirty members of the Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team were deployed to the scene ( Image: PA) In a statement issued on Wednesday evening, North Yorkshire P.
