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| Man dies in lake boating accident | |
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| A man has died and a teenager is critically ill in hospital after a boating incident on a Northumberland lake. | |
| Emergency services were called to Kielder Water reservoir on Sunday afternoon and the two casualties were airlifted to hospital, police said. | Emergency services were called to Kielder Water reservoir on Sunday afternoon and the two casualties were airlifted to hospital, police said. |
| The man, 57, and the 17-year-old girl were in a boat which capsized, trapping the pair underneath. | |
| The Marine Accident Investigation branch is investigating. | |
| Kielder Water is northern Europe's largest man-made lake, with a 27-mile shoreline. | |
| It cost £167m to build and was officially opened by The Queen on 26 May 1982. | |
| The reservoir was originally meant to supply water to the chemical and steel industries on Teesside. | |
| But when they went into decline, the site made a successful switch to become one of the north-east of England's most popular tourist attractions. |