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4 march 2007 dartmoor , devon , united kingdom narrative verdict charlotte shaw death of charlotte shaw
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death of charlotte shaw

charlotte shaw was a fourteen-year-old british schoolgirl who drowned while crossing a swollen stream on dartmoor during training for ten tors in 2007 .
her death , the first to occur in connection with ten tors or one of its training expeditions , made national news headlines in the united kingdom .
she was with a group of students from edgehill college trekking the route of ten tors in training for the main event when the group got into difficulties crossing a stream .
shaw slipped into the water and was washed downstream .
she was located 20 minutes later by a royal navy search and rescue helicopter and airlifted to derriford hospital in plymouth , where she died in the early hours of the next morning .
a police investigation concluded that nobody should be held criminally responsible for shaw 's death .
the investigation was later criticised by the coroner , who adjourned the inquest and recommended that the crown prosecution service -lrb- cps -rrb- reconsider the possibility of criminal charges .
three months later , however , the cps reported that there was insufficient evidence to press charges and the inquest was resumed .
after hearing testimony from eyewitnesses , including other members of shaw 's group , the inquest concluded with a narrative verdict in october 2010 .
in addition to the verdict , the coroner gave several recommendations for future activities of a similar nature .
among the recommendations were suggestions that both participants and the adult `` team leaders '' should receive better training .
on the same day shaw died , 26 other participants had to be airlifted from the moor .
the british army , which organises ten tors , initially stated that the 2007 event would proceed as planned .
however , in the light of severe weather and shaw 's death , it was abandoned halfway through .
the rules for the event were modified before the 2007 event to allow teams to carry a mobile telephone for use in case of an emergency .
