Three Teenagers Die in England Water Incidents as UK Heat Hits Record Highs

8 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 26

Three teenagers died after separate open-water incidents on Bank Holiday Monday in West Yorkshire, Warwickshire and South Yorkshire, adding to a fourth teenage drowning near Lincoln a day earlier.
Record heat pushed temperatures to new UK highs on Monday, with much of England still under amber and yellow heat-health alerts as police linked the deaths to incidents at reservoirs, lakes and water parks.
A 13-year-old boy was pulled from Leadbeater Dam in Halifax and died in hospital; a teenage girl was recovered from Kingsbury Water Park and pronounced dead at the scene; a teenage boy's body was found after an overnight search at Rother Valley Country Park.
Police said the deaths were not being treated as suspicious or remain under investigation, while Declan Sawyer's family urged parents and friends to warn children about the dangers of rivers and lakes in hot weather.

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