The 12-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy who died in Bournemouth yesterday were not related and were enjoying a day at the beach when they passed away. Eight other children were injured after getting into trouble in the water near the beach in Dorset packed with tourists and locals yesterday afternoon. The 12-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire and a 17-year-old boy from Southampton, who were not related, died yesterday afternoon. A man in his 40s, who had been in the water at the time of the incident, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. He remains in custody.
Dorset Deputy Police Chief Rachel Farrell said officers are investigating the “circumstances or events” that caused a number of people to have difficulty in the water in Bournemouth on Wednesday. She said: “After our initial investigations, a man in his 40s who was in the water at the time, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. ‘Since we have a person in custody, he will know that I can only provide limited information about the investigation. “However, to avoid further speculation, I can tell you that it is clear that several people already in the water had problems yesterday and we are looking into the circumstances or event that caused that to happen.”
“Preliminary investigation indicates that there was no physical contact between a boat and any of the swimmers at the time of the incident. I can also confirm that there are no indications of people jumping off the dock or jet skis involved.” Several earlier witnesses said that people had been jumping off the pier.
The sand near the pier had to be cleared so that two air ambulances could land, but sadly the two schoolchildren later died in hospital. Witnesses described harrowing scenes as CPR was administered on the beach and some “idiots” with phones were seen filming lifeguards trying to revive the two children. Since 2004, Britain’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has dealt with more than 200 headstone incidents, including pier jumping, which has resulted in at least 70 injuries and 20 deaths.
Police confirmed today that no boats are believed to have been in “physical contact” with the children following speculation on social media that they had been hit by a jet ski or boat. But there have been claims that the tragedy may have been caused by a jet ski washing out.
MailOnline has asked Dorset Police to comment. But a local surfer said he saw three jetskiers ‘buzzing the pier’ near the line on Tuesday, the day before the tragic incident. There has been an ongoing problem between motorcyclists and water users in the dock area.
Nicola Holton, who was on the beach with her husband, said: “A lifeguard went to rescue two struggling swimmers but was unable to bring them up. He saw another person struggling and a second lifeguard came out to them but there were several people. in trouble.
The remaining lifeguard was trying to get everyone out of the water. The ambulance service went to the struggling person rescued by the second rescuer. More lifeguards arrived to rescue another swimmer near the pier. My husband saw another swimmer struggling. He ran to the rescuers. Immediately the guard came in and they picked him up on a jet ski.
‘I will never get the image of him being taken out of my head. They cleared the beach for the air ambulance. Then another was spotted and brought back to shore to work on it. Absolutely awful. Lots of idiots ignoring lifeguard requests to get out of the water and clean up the beach. People were running to the ones with CPR footage on their phones.”
Paul Moyce, 61, said he believed those involved had been jumping into the sea from the pier. He said: ‘I think they got off the end of the pier and got too far out. They must have been caught by the current. I lived here for 61 years and have never seen anything like it. Nicola Holton, 43, and Stuart Clark, 42, were on the beach with their two children when the tragedy occurred. They said the summer scene became something from ‘a horror movie’.
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Mr. Clark said: “As we walked to the east side of the pier, there was at least one but probably a few motorcyclists crossing the right-hand side of the pier.” ‘We didn’t pay much attention to them at the time. ‘There were announcements throughout the afternoon telling people not to get on the pier. After 2 in the afternoon, it seemed that people did not come near. “The next announcement we received was at 4 p.m. m. about a dangerous current in the water and it wasn’t soon after that we saw a couple of swimmers in trouble in the sea. “It got really chaotic when a young man was brought back to shore on a lifesaving jet ski. It was obvious that he was not alive. That’s when people started gathering and lifeguards were trying to clear the beach while helping others in the water.
“We also saw that the girl was taken out and she also had no obvious injuries. I just wanted to get my family off the beach with our belongings. Miss Holton said: ‘It was like a scene from a horror movie. After an afternoon of fine weather and the strange announcement to tell the children to stop going up the pier, everything seemed to have calmed down. “When we first saw the swimmers in distress, they were far away, on the east side of the pier. ‘A lifeguard ran into the water with a surfboard and it seemed to take a long time to get to them. There was an announcement to get out of the water and then the lifeguards started bringing people to shore.
“Some were taken to the lifeguard tent and then we saw the young man and girl taken out. We were packing our things to leave as quickly as possible. It was horrible. “There were a lot of idiots ignoring lifeguard requests to get out of the water and clean up the beach. People were running to the ones with CPR footage on their phones.” The first person to reach the girl who died was an 18-year-old boy. His father, Rob Creech, said today: ‘My son was on the other side of the pier swimming with some friends. “Suddenly there were a lot of people on the pier yelling and yelling that someone was in the water. He swam to the other side of the dock and found a girl floating upside down in the water.
The emergency services were arriving on the beach, so he was yelling at them and he picked her up to swim to shore. He managed to get her out of it to the beach and the emergency services took care of there. There are yellow marker buoys 200m from the beach and boats operating within that area are restricted to speeds of 6 knots. A local surfer said he witnessed three jetskiers ‘buzzing the pier’ near the line on Tuesday, the day before the tragic incident. Lawrence Hopgood said: ‘I was surfing the night before. There were 3 jet skis whizzing around the dock and coming up to the line. A lifeguard came out on a jet ski and spoke to them, then left.
“The bikers did not leave, but instead proceeded to make donuts near the surfers while filming themselves.” Lifeguards on the busy beach jumped into the water at Bournemouth pier after a group of people had difficulty in the sea around 4:30 pm. m. on Wednesday. All those involved are believed to be between the ages of 12 and 18. None of the eight other injured children were seriously injured and they were treated at the scene by the ambulance service. Emergency services rushed to the scene and the teenage boy and girl were rushed to hospital after sustaining serious injuries.
Speaking last night, Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns said: ‘I extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the two young men who tragically lost their lives in Bournemouth. ‘A terrible event in circumstances where they enjoyed beautiful weather in our city. Very sad.’ The parliamentarian added that the incident was a “healthy lesson” that “danger is ever present” on beaches and in the ocean. He went on to thank first responders and air ambulance members ‘whom we can take for granted’. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragedy has now been launched. Detective Chief Superintendent Neil Corrigan, of Dorset Police, said: “Our thoughts are with the loved ones of the young men who tragically died and we are doing everything we can to support their families.”
‘I understand the beach was very busy at the time of the incident and I would ask anyone with information that may assist our enquiries to please come forward. ‘We are at the early stages of our investigation and would ask people not to speculate about the circumstances surrounding the incident.’ Thousands of people were on the beach at the time, soaking up the sun and playing in the water in the 23C heat during the May half-term holiday. The South Western Ambulance Service told MailOnline that they had ‘conveyed two patients to Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital’.
Beachgoer Ritta Saruchera said her daughter and her friend were in the sea at the time when they saw what happened. She said: ‘They were coming back out of the water when they saw a teenage boy struggling. ‘We went to get help from the lifeguard and inform them of what was happening. There were three young men out there and they have been searching for a fourth.’
Eeman Qamar, from Southampton, was on the beach with his mother and three-month-old baby. She told the BBC that just after 4pm lifeguards started telling people to clear the beach, saying there had been a major incident. “After about 20 minutes, the first air ambulance arrived and landed right in the middle of the beach,” she said. Ms Qamar continued: ‘Lifeguards started getting on jet skis and boats, searching the sea and about 20 minutes later the second air ambulance arrived and it took another hour and a half for them to finish the whole search and rescue operation. ‘
A Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service spokesperson said: “We were called to East Beach, Bournemouth at 4:39pm to support a multi-agency incident.” “We have crews present from Westbourne and Springbourne, along with a technical rescue team from Poole.” A South Western Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) spokesperson said: “We dispatched two air ambulances, six double-crewed ground ambulances, one critical care car, two operations officers, one medic, one hazardous area response team and one response officer.’
HM Coastguard told MailOnline that “two people had been pulled from the water and were taken to the care of the ambulance service” and that “the coastguards searched to make sure no other people were missing and are pleased there were none”.
Bus routes that would normally serve the dock stops were rerouted through the plaza.
Anyone with information about what happened is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting the incident number 55230083818.
Alternatively, witnesses can contact independent charities. Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling the freephone number 0800 555 111.
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