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29/07/2010
Teenager Drowns At Blackpool Beach
A 14-year-old boy has drowned off Blackpool beach.
Liverpool Coastguard were called after two teenagers were spotted in trouble in the sea by Blackpool's Central Pier around 3:40pm yesterday.
The boys had been in the water with a large rubber ring - one of them managed to get to shore, but the other was last seen being covered by a wave and was then lost from sight.
A search, involving the Lytham St Annes Coastguard rescue team, all three Blackpool RNLI inshore lifeboats, a rescue helicopter and police units and helicopter, was launched.
The missing teenager was found in the water around 6:30pm yesterday evening.
The boy, believed to be from Northampton and on holiday with his family in Blackpool, was pronounced dead at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
(KMcA)
Liverpool Coastguard were called after two teenagers were spotted in trouble in the sea by Blackpool's Central Pier around 3:40pm yesterday.
The boys had been in the water with a large rubber ring - one of them managed to get to shore, but the other was last seen being covered by a wave and was then lost from sight.
A search, involving the Lytham St Annes Coastguard rescue team, all three Blackpool RNLI inshore lifeboats, a rescue helicopter and police units and helicopter, was launched.
The missing teenager was found in the water around 6:30pm yesterday evening.
The boy, believed to be from Northampton and on holiday with his family in Blackpool, was pronounced dead at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
(KMcA)
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