A 17-year-old-boy and a girl aged 12 have died following an incident in the water off Bournemouth beach on Wednesday
A man in his 40s, who was on the water at the time of the incident, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the incident, which took place in the late afternoon.Here’s everything we currently know about what happened., including a coastguard helicopter, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Services and Dorset Police were called to the scene near Bournemouth Pier just after 4.30pm.
South West Ambulance Service, two air ambulances, Poole and Southbourne coastguard rescue teams and Mudeford RNLI lifeboat were also sent in support, while bus routes that would normally stop near the pier were diverted.Detective Chief Superintendent Neil Corrigan, of Dorset Police, said the force was in the “early stages” of its investigation and asked people “not to speculate about the circumstances surrounding the incident”.
Eeman Qamar, from Southampton, who was on the beach with her mother and three-month-old baby at the time,that lifeguards began to clear the beach just after 4pm, saying there had been a major incident.
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