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River crash claims two more lives | River crash claims two more lives |
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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 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. | An inquest is expected to open later this week into the death of Willow, who died at Lincoln County Hospital. |
Rescue attempt | Rescue attempt |
A nine-year-old girl was still in hospital. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
Sgt Dave Kay from Lincolnshire Police said family liaison officers were on hand to help the children's relatives come to terms with the deaths. | |
"We're there at a distance. We don't want to get too close to the family because of the devastation of losing one child - now we've lost four - as a parent myself I just can't imagine what it must be like for those parents." |