'Adrenaline junkie' woman, 24, died in front of brother after jumping from rocks with him at popular beach | The Sun

AN 'ADRENALINE junkie' died in front of her brother after jumping from rocks with him at a popular beach.

Saxon Barker, 24, suffered a 3cm cut to her forehead when the current dragged her back into the water at a Cornwall beach which was out of sight from RNLI lifeguard patrols.

An inquest in Truro, Cornwall, heard she and her brother apparently underestimated the sea conditions despite knowing the area and waiting for high tide.

Saxon, from Stoke-on-Trent, was visiting her mum Lisa and brother – known as Fuzzy – who live in her native Cornwall.

Her father Christopher called her "an adrenaline junkie" who was hoping to become a paramedic.

Two days into the break Saxon wanted to go into the sea and they went to Droskyn Cove at the end of Perranporth beach in west Cornwall.

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Lisa told the coroner: "She jumped in and they were both talking in the water.

"It was only seconds and all so quick. All of a sudden the current took Saxon.

"Fuzzy put his arm out to grab her but missed. She was taken towards the rocks beneath me in the cove.

"I could see her close to the edge desperately trying to get out, she couldn't get a grip on the rocks."

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Senior lifeguard George Hudson said Droskyn Steps was a popular location for people jumping off rocks into the sea but that day was very rough and there were big waves and a large swell.

The area is just out of sight from a nearby RNLI lifeguard patrol area.
Assistant coroner Emma Hillson recorded a misadventure conclusion.

She said: "Saxon Barker died after the sea got rougher, sweeping her into a cove. She drowned from the unintentional results of her actions and underestimating the sea conditions."

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