This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/7001520.stm
The article has changed 5 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| River crash claims two more lives | River crash claims two more lives |
| (10 minutes later) | |
| Four children have now died after their family's Land Rover crashed into a river in Lincolnshire. | Four children have now died after their family's Land Rover crashed into a river in Lincolnshire. |
| Five-year-old Thor Gresham and his sister Angel, four, were pronounced dead at Leicester Royal Infirmary at 1530 BST on Tuesday. | Five-year-old Thor Gresham and his sister Angel, four, were pronounced dead at Leicester Royal Infirmary at 1530 BST on Tuesday. |
| Their sister Keavy, who was eight, died on Monday. They were with their parents in a vehicle which careered into the River Witham near Tattershall Bridge. | Their sister Keavy, who was eight, died on Monday. They were with their parents in a vehicle which careered into the River Witham near Tattershall Bridge. |
| Their two-year-old sister Willow died shortly after the crash on Sunday. | Their two-year-old sister Willow died shortly after the crash on Sunday. |
| An inquest is expected to open later this week into the death of Willow, who died at Lincoln County Hospital. | |
| Rescue attempt | |
| A nine-year-old girl was still in hospital. | |
| A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl and their parents - a 36-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman - were not seriously hurt, police said. | A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl and their parents - a 36-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman - were not seriously hurt, police said. |
| Police said some people tried to rescue the car's occupants from the river. | |
| Lincolnshire Police spokesman Sgt Andy Roach said it was believed the Land Rover lost control and plunged down an embankment into the River Witham. | |
| The accident at 1550 BST on Sunday happened on a single track road as the car passed a white minibus towing a trailer containing canoes. |