Second boy dies after Carlisle River Eden rescue

The 14 year old was pulled from the river by a passer-by.

A second teenager has died three weeks after getting into difficulty with friends in the River Eden in Carlisle.

Cumbria Constabulary confirmed the 14-year-old passed away in medical care in the early hours of Thursday 15 June.

The teenager was paddling with three friends at the side of the river in the Rosehill area of Carlisle on Friday, 26 May.

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After getting into difficulty one friend managed to get back to safety and told a bystander that his friends couldn't swim.

The man went into the river and managed to pull the 14-year-old to the side where he was airlifted to hospital.

Fifteen-year-old Lewis Kirkpatrick did not emerge from the water and was found 18 hours later close to where he was last seen.

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