Monday, February 20, 2012

Pausing to pick a shell on beach saves couple from being crushed under landslide

A couple narrowly missed being crushed to death by 300 tonnes of rock came tumbling off a cliff in Dorset, UK, reports Mail Online.

The couple were spared only because Ms Pollard stopped to pick up a shell for her young daughter
The couple were spared only because Ms Pollard stopped to pick up a shell for her young daughter [ Photo: BNPS ]

Tim Cambridge and partner Tamara Pollard, who is six months pregnant, were just a few feet away when the rocks tumbled down, while they were on holiday.

It was only because trainee teacher Tamara paused to pick up a shell on the beach that they didn’t walk under the mass of falling rock.

Read details: Mail Online

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