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13/08/2015
Investigation Launched After Teenagers Die At Thorpe Marshes
The bodies of two teenagers have been recovered from Thorpe Marshes Reserve in Trowes, after getting into difficulty while swimming on Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to reports of a male and female going missing while swimming yesterday at about 16:50.
Ground and air searches were launched. A police dive team found the bodies of the teenagers, understood to have been brother and sister, in the water.
Chief Inspector Nathan Clark from Norfolk Constabulary said: "Colleagues from Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, East of England Ambulance Service, Search and Rescue, Coastguard and the police helicopter assisted officers on the ground and in the air in the search.
"Both bodies were discovered within water and were sadly pronounced dead at the scene."
An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
(MH/JP)
Emergency services were called to reports of a male and female going missing while swimming yesterday at about 16:50.
Ground and air searches were launched. A police dive team found the bodies of the teenagers, understood to have been brother and sister, in the water.
Chief Inspector Nathan Clark from Norfolk Constabulary said: "Colleagues from Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, East of England Ambulance Service, Search and Rescue, Coastguard and the police helicopter assisted officers on the ground and in the air in the search.
"Both bodies were discovered within water and were sadly pronounced dead at the scene."
An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
(MH/JP)
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