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24/07/2013
River Wear Tragedy Girls Named
Police have named the two teenage girls who died after getting into difficulty in the River Wear, in Tyne and Wear.
The two girls have been named as Chloe Fowler (14), of Shiney Road, and Tonibeth Purvis (15), from Barmston.
It is has been reported that witnesses claim the girls jumped into the river "for run" but quickly got into difficulty near a viaduct in Fatfield, Washington, at around 15:00 on Tuesday.
A number of the girls friends and passers-by tried to help the two girls.
Police say the river was still tidal at the point were the girls went missing and that there was a lot of debris and foliage in the water.
An investigation into the circumstances of the girls deaths is underway.
(MH/CD)
The two girls have been named as Chloe Fowler (14), of Shiney Road, and Tonibeth Purvis (15), from Barmston.
It is has been reported that witnesses claim the girls jumped into the river "for run" but quickly got into difficulty near a viaduct in Fatfield, Washington, at around 15:00 on Tuesday.
A number of the girls friends and passers-by tried to help the two girls.
Police say the river was still tidal at the point were the girls went missing and that there was a lot of debris and foliage in the water.
An investigation into the circumstances of the girls deaths is underway.
(MH/CD)
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