A report regarding concerns over a 999 call will be sent to North Wales Police following the deaths of two friends on Eryri.

Eddie Hill and Jayden Long died in February.

An inquest into their deaths heard that they tried calling 999, but their call was not escalated as it should have been.

Eddie and Jayden, from Norfolk, were said to have called 999 on the evening of 18 February, but mountain rescuers were not told until three hours later.

Family members also contacted emergency services, and mountain rescuers and the coastguard helicopter searched the last known position of Eddie, 20, and Jayden, 19, but did not find them that night.

The search resumed at first light and the bodies of the men were found on Crib y Ddysgl.

Speaking at the inquest in Caernarfon, North Wales Police Detective Constable James Lloyd, from the force’s professional standards department, said although attempts were made by the control room to make further contact with the person who called 999 the incident wasn't escalated as it should have been.

Following this, he said lessons had been learnt, and similar calls should be passed on to mountain rescuers sooner for them to assess the situation.

Sarah Riley is the assistant coroner for North West Wales.

She said Eddie and Jayden died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained as a result of falling down steep mountainous terrain, but she could not say if the men fell at the same time, or if one fell while trying to help the other.

Recording a conclusion of accidental death on both men, she said said that as part of her remit to prevent future deaths, she would be sending a report to North Wales Police to address her concerns about the lack of action taken to respond to the initial 999 call.

North Wales Police have 56 days to respond.