Overview
- Two off‑duty nurses who had been swimming at Formby Beach ran to help when they found 15‑year‑old Chiedza Nyanjowa unconscious and immediately began CPR on Monday, May 25.
- The nurses kept up continuous chest compressions for about 25 minutes until a lifeguard and a National Trust ranger arrived and a defibrillator was located and used.
- An air ambulance later landed and the emergency medical team took over on the beach before Chiedza was rushed to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in a critical condition.
- Police confirmed Chiedza died on Saturday and her family described her as a bubbly teenager and thanked those who tried to help.
- Current reporting focuses on first‑hand accounts of the rescue and the scene‑level hurdles that responders faced and does not yet report a formal investigation or cause of death.