19-year-old drowns off Lancashire pier as England heatwave ends
by Press Association from World news | The Guardian on (#5MHNN)
Man dies in hospital after getting into difficulties off St Anne's pier on Friday evening
A 19-year-old man has become the latest person to die after swimming in open water as England's hot weather came to an end.
Lancashire Constabulary said in a statement emergency services including the coastguard were called to St Anne's pier in Lancashire at about 7.20pm on Friday to reports of a person drowning in the Ribble estuary.
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