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Pen-Pych (386m), UK - hike, taking selfie

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A teenager died in a freak accident while posing for a photo on a mountain ledge, an inquest heard. Fynley Jones, 18, was walking with school friends when they stopped to take selfies at the top of Pen-Pych mountain But tragedy struck when Fynley "lost his footing" as he posed on a ledge - and he plunged down a "considerable drop" as his horrified friends watched. An inquest heard emergency services rushed to the remote scene in the Rhondda Valleys. Paramedics battled to save the teenager but he died from his injuries that day. A post-mortem examination revealed Fynley, who loved mountaineering, surfing and skateboarding, died of a "blunt head injury." The A-Level student, of Pentre, had been due to start studying Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at Aberystwyth University after securing a place. Assistant coroner Rachel Knight said: "Fynley had been together with a group of school friends, taking photographs at the top of the mountain. Fynley deci