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| Cullercoats sea rescue: Girl dies after cardiac arrest | |
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| A 15-year-old girl has died despite being rescued after she was swept into the sea in North Tyneside. | A 15-year-old girl has died despite being rescued after she was swept into the sea in North Tyneside. |
| She had been with a group of teenagers on the north pier at Cullercoats Bay on Saturday evening. | She had been with a group of teenagers on the north pier at Cullercoats Bay on Saturday evening. |
| Northumbria Police said she had been rescued from the side of the bay by a member of the public. | Northumbria Police said she had been rescued from the side of the bay by a member of the public. |
| The teenager died at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington, Northumberland. She had suffered a cardiac arrest. | The teenager died at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington, Northumberland. She had suffered a cardiac arrest. |
| A RNLI lifeboat, a Coastguard search-and-rescue helicopter and police were called to the scene at about 20:00 GMT. | A RNLI lifeboat, a Coastguard search-and-rescue helicopter and police were called to the scene at about 20:00 GMT. |
| Another 15-year old girl, and a boy and girl both aged 14, were taken to hospital as a precaution but were uninjured, police said. | Another 15-year old girl, and a boy and girl both aged 14, were taken to hospital as a precaution but were uninjured, police said. |
| Before the girl died Ch Insp Paul Knox issued a warning that "people can be taken unawares by the strength of the waves" when it is dark and cold. | Before the girl died Ch Insp Paul Knox issued a warning that "people can be taken unawares by the strength of the waves" when it is dark and cold. |
| "People should always be careful around water and if the sea is looking rough with waves pounding on to the pier, we would advise people to be particularly cautious and keep their distance," he said. | |
| A Cullercoats resident who witnessed the rescue operation said the weather had been "absolutely freezing". | |
| Newcastle University lecturer Clare Guilding said the beach was a popular place for teenagers to congregate. | |
| "It was minus 2C, but once you get out on the front it was just bitterly, bitterly cold," she said. |