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| Bournemouth beach death victims were not hit by vessel - police | Bournemouth beach death victims were not hit by vessel - police |
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| The beach was cleared, along with the nearby Pier Approach, and a cordon set up | The beach was cleared, along with the nearby Pier Approach, and a cordon set up |
| A 12-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy who died after being pulled from the sea off Bournemouth beach had "no physical contact" with a vessel on the water, police said. | A 12-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy who died after being pulled from the sea off Bournemouth beach had "no physical contact" with a vessel on the water, police said. |
| Dorset Police said it was still "investigating the circumstances that caused a number of swimmers to get into difficulty" on Wednesday. | |
| Eight other people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. | Eight other people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. |
| A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. | |
| Emergency services were called to the beach, packed with people on half-term holidays, at 16:32 BST. | |
| Dorset Police has released more information as officers work to piece together exactly what happened. | |
| The force said it was working with partner agencies to understand what "caused the tragedy". | |
| "However, early investigation indicates that there was no physical contact between a vessel and any swimmers at the time of the incident," it said in a statement released on Thursday. | |
| Det Ch Supt Neil Corrigan also asked people not to speculate about the circumstances. | |
| The beach was cleared along with nearby Pier Approach in Bournemouth | The beach was cleared along with nearby Pier Approach in Bournemouth |
| The children pulled from the water sustained critical injuries and died in hospital later. | |
| The coastguard conducted a search to make sure no other people were missing and said it was "satisfied there are not". | |
| Police confirmed the man arrested was "on the water" at the time of the incident. | |
| Some eyewitnesses told the BBC lifeguards began to tell people to clear the beach, saying there had been a major incident. | |
| A section of the beach and the nearby Pier Approach were cleared and a cordon was put in place. | A section of the beach and the nearby Pier Approach were cleared and a cordon was put in place. |
| Emergency services including the air ambulance, police, fire service and South Western Ambulance Service were all called to the scene. | |
| The Marine Accident Investigation Branch and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are also involved in the investigation. | |
| Dorset Police is appealing for witnesses to come forward and has said further information will be released "as the investigation progresses". | |
| Tobias Ellwood, the Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, said protocols on the pier could be reviewed after the "terrible tragedy". | |
| He said Bournemouth prided itself on being a family resort and the incident had taken "everybody by shock". | |
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| Dorset | Dorset |
| Bournemouth | Bournemouth |