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Tourist drowns on Kenya boat trip | |
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A 19-year-old woman from Greater Manchester has drowned while on holiday in Kenya, the Foreign Office confirmed. | |
Siobhan Meadwell, from Billinge, Wigan, died while on a boat trip from Mombasa, where she had been staying. | |
A Foreign Office spokesman said her boyfriend was also injured but was released from hospital on Saturday. Two others were also involved. | A Foreign Office spokesman said her boyfriend was also injured but was released from hospital on Saturday. Two others were also involved. |
The spokesman said: "We can confirm a British national of that name drowned off the coast of Mombasa." | The spokesman said: "We can confirm a British national of that name drowned off the coast of Mombasa." |
He said Miss Meadwell died on Tuesday. | He said Miss Meadwell died on Tuesday. |
Police in the UK confirmed officers had visited her family to inform them of her death. | |
The spokesman added: "Three other British nationals were involved, one, a male was hospitalized, but released on 12 September." | The spokesman added: "Three other British nationals were involved, one, a male was hospitalized, but released on 12 September." |
"Her next of kin have been informed and are being given consular assistance." | |
Mombasa is Kenya's second largest city, after the capital Nairobi. | Mombasa is Kenya's second largest city, after the capital Nairobi. |
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