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| Students safe after cave incident | Students safe after cave incident |
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| A group of 13 college students have been rescued from a cave complex in North Yorkshire after becoming trapped by fast-flowing water. | A group of 13 college students have been rescued from a cave complex in North Yorkshire after becoming trapped by fast-flowing water. |
| They were brought safely to the surface in a three-hour operation at Dow Cave near Kettlewell. | They were brought safely to the surface in a three-hour operation at Dow Cave near Kettlewell. |
| The cavers, aged 16 to 19, became trapped at 1545 GMT and were helped by cave rescue services and police. | |
| North Yorkshire Police said the leaders of the group swam from the cave and raised the alarm at a village store. | North Yorkshire Police said the leaders of the group swam from the cave and raised the alarm at a village store. |
| They were all said to be unhurt. | They were all said to be unhurt. |
| Police later said the group trapped by fast flowing water comprised of 11 students and two adult leaders. | |
| Two other leaders had managed to wade out of the cave to raise the alarm. | |
| The students were based at Craven College in Skipton, North Yorkshire. | |
| Police, fell rescue, fire and rescue and ambulance service personnel were involved in the emergency operation. | Police, fell rescue, fire and rescue and ambulance service personnel were involved in the emergency operation. |
| A police spokesman said: "All 11 of the students - aged between 17 and 20 - and the two remaining adult leaders had been safely removed from the cave by 6.50pm. None of them were injured." | |
| The cavers were given routine medical checks by doctors and paramedics when they were brought to the surface. They were later driven to Craven College where their families had gathered. | |
| Craven College principal Alan Blackwell said he would oversee an internal inquiry into the events leading up to the incident. | |
| Mr Blackwell said: "I was notified immediately by my staff and was reassured that they had taken the students to an area of the cave which never floods and offered a safe haven. | |
| "They kept the students in this safe area until the rescue services arrived." |